Letters of Travel (1892-1913)

Letters of Travel (1892-1913) Synopsis

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Rudyard Kipling, 'Letters of Travel (1892-1913).'Letters of Travel, 1892-1913, originally published in 1920, is a collection of articles on Japan, the United States, Canada and Egypt. Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "e;The Man Who Would Be King"e; (1888). His poems include "e;Mandalay"e; (1890), "e;Gunga Din"e; (1890), "e;The Gods of the Copybook Headings"e; (1919), "e;The White Man's Burden"e; (1899), and "e;If-"e; (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "e;a versatile and luminous narrative gift"e;.Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "e;Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known."e; In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date Among other honours, he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, all of which he declined