Rewards and Fairies (Classics)

Kipling, Rudyard

ISBN 10: 0140433155 / ISBN 13: 9780140433159

Published by Penguin Books Ltd, 1987

About this Item

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.

Seller Inventory # CHL10810435

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rewards and Fairies (Classics)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140433155
• ISBN 13: 9780140433159
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Good

About this title

Synopsis

Rewards and Fairies is a delightful selection of stories and poems from the creator of The Jungle Book. Tales of witches, looking-glasses and square toes come together with all the old favourites including 'The Way Through the Woods' to make a thoroughly enchanting book. And perhaps most famous of all, included in this collection is Kipling's well-loved poem, 'If' - words that have spoken to the hearts of many a generation.

About the Author

Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865. During his time at the United Services College, he began to write poetry, privately publishing Schoolboy Lyrics in 1881. The following year he started work as a journalist in India, and while there produced a body of work, stories, sketches, and poems ���including ���Mandalay,��� ���Gunga Din,��� and ���Danny Deever������which made him an instant literary celebrity when he returned to England in 1889. While living in Vermont with his wife, an American, Kipling wrote The Jungle Books, Just So Stories, and Kim���which became widely regarded as his greatest long work, putting him high among the chronicles of British expansion. Kipling returned to England in 1902, but he continued to travel widely and write, though he never enjoyed the literary esteem of his early years. In 1907, he became the first British writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize. He died in 1936