Publisher Description
Rudayrd Kipling was one of the most popular writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, winning the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907. Born in Bombay in 1865, Kipling and his sister were sent back to England when he was five. The cruelty they experienced at the hands of a couple that boarded with them in Portsmouth significantly influenced his life and his work. His return to India at the age of sixteen to work on a local paper also had a great impact, which can be seen in the issues of identity and national allegiance he explored in his work. Though best remembered for his children’s stories, he was also a master at the short story form.
This collection includes “Baa Baa Black Sheep,” “The Gardener,” and “Mary Postgate.”
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About Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was born of English parents in Bombay, India. At seventeen, he began work as a journalist and over the next seven years established an international reputation with his stories and verses of Indian and army life, including such classics as The Jungle Book and Kim. In 1907 he became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize.
About the Narrators
Ghizela Rowe has worked in broadcast
television for thirty years on a broad range of programming. Her specialization
is in music. She helps run the Copyright Group, an extensive collection of
master recording rights, and has lent her voice to many audiobooks, including The Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
Elizabeth Gaskell: The Short Stories, and The Romantics: An Introduction.
Ghizela Rowe has worked in broadcast
television for thirty years on a broad range of programming. Her specialization
is in music. She helps run the Copyright Group, an extensive collection of
master recording rights, and has lent her voice to many audiobooks, including The Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
Elizabeth Gaskell: The Short Stories, and The Romantics: An Introduction.