Rudyard Kipling: Selected Poems (Phoenix Poetry) [Hardcover]

Rudyard Kipling (Author)

Book Description

Series: Phoenix Poetry | Publication Date: March 2004

"Now this is the Law of the Jungle--as old and as true as the sky;
And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die."
--from "The Law of the Jungle"

Kipling’s innovative experiments with language-especially the dialects of the ordinary soldier-won him many admirers, and still stand out as truly modern today. Among the famous poems featured here are “Mandalay,” “Gunga Din” “The Ballad of East and West,” and the beloved “If.”

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About the Author

Rudyard Joseph Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865 but spent most of his childhood in England. He returned to India in 1881 as a journalist and also wrote stories, sketches and poems. His literary reputation was established with Plain Tales from the Hills (1888). Today he is best remembered for The Jungle Book and Kim. He was the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in 1907. Before his retirement, Peter Keating was reader in English at Edinburgh. He is now a full-time writer. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Phoenix Press (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0753817470
• ISBN-13: 978-0753817476
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,263,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "If" is included, April 14, 2000

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Elizabeth A. Meyer "Rocksand" (Missouri USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rudyard Kipling: Selected Poems (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (Paperback)

Perhaps the above reveiw was for a different book of Kipling's poems. There are no illustrations besides the cover art, and Kipling's famous "If" poem is thankfully included. The book is lightweight and small enough to fit in a purse or briefcase easily. The cover is pleasing and the margins inside are generous. In all, well laid out and good to have around.

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Kiplings Poems..., April 4, 2000

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Sammy Muhlfelder - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rudyard Kipling: Selected Poems (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (Paperback)

I thought it was a poor selsction, without his most famous, "If" included. The illustrations were like those from a newspaper, and it's overall content was not great.