Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling was a famous author and poet who was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay and died 18 January 1936 aged 70 in Middlesex Hospital, London.

Recommended Reading

• Kipling Sahib : India and the making of Rudyard Kipling. London: Little, Brown, 2007 by Charles Allen. For review see Biographies Reading List. Available online, see below.

External links

• The Kipling Society
• Wikipedia
  • Rudyard Kipling
  • Plain Tales from the Hills
  • Under the Deodars
  • The Jungle Book
  • The Second Jungle Book
  • Kim
• Rudyard Kipling from Russell Tayler’s Words contains online links to various works by Kipling
• Rudyard Kipling and his masonic career www.freemasons-freemasonry.com
• Rudyard Kipling Freemason freemasonry.bcy.ca

'Lurgan Sahib' in the novel Kim: Alexander M. Jacob

• "Jacob of Simla," Kipling's "Lurgan Sahib." Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld) 29 March 1921, quoting The Times of 21st January. trove.nla.gov.au
• A note on 'Lurgan Sahib' by Brigadier Alec Mason.
• "In the oasis" by David Morphet The Guardian, 31 December 2005. A Kipling discovery. At Sewri Cemetery, Bombay the author is shown the grave of Mr A M Jacob of Simla, on whom the Kipling character Lurgan Sahib in the novel Kim is based.
• Also see Quest for Kim by Peter Hopkirk, below.

Historical books online

• Kipling The Story Writer by Walter Morris Hart (1918) archive.org
• "Rudyard Kipling Seen Through Hindu Eyes" An Essay by A R Sarath-Roy (1914) The North American Review, Volume 199, No. 699, (Feb., 1914), pp. 271-281 (11 pages) archive.org
• Rudyard Kipling. A Criticism by Richard Le Gallienne (1900) archive.org
• Quest for Kim : in search of Kipling's Great Game by Peter Hopkirk 1999. Archive.org Lending Library. Peter Hopkirk was with The Times of London for nineteen years, as chief reporter and Middle and Far East specialist.
• Kipling Sahib : India and the making of Rudyard Kipling by Charles Allen 2009. Archive.org Lending Library.

Autobiography

• Something of Myself : for my friends known and unknown by Rudyard Kipling 1937 Archive.org. Archive.org Lending Library version.
• Rudyard Kipling : Something of Myself and other Autobiographical Writings edited by Thomas Pinney 1990. 2nd file Archive.org Lending Library.

Sketches etc

• From Sea To Sea and Other Sketches. Also published as From Sea To Sea. Letters of Travel. First published 1899, or prior, with some content from 1888. Volume I, Volume II 1938 edition. Archive.org. Volume II includes the following first published 1888:
  • "Among the Railway Folk" page 255. Jamalpur East Indian Railway.
  • "The Giridih Coal-Fields" page 293. Also see Mining industry.
  • "In an Opium Factory" page 311. Also see Opium trade.
• Land And Sea Tales For Scouts And Guides by Rudyard Kipling 1923 Archive.org
  • "An Unqualified Pilot" page 57. This tale was first published 1895. Also see Bengal Pilot Service‎‎.

Fictional works by Rudyard Kipling

• Plain Tales from the Hills 1899, first published 1888 includes a "A Biographical Sketch" Archive.org

Plain Tales from the Hills LibriVox Audiobook read by Mike Harris. Archive.org

• Under the Deodars etc 1899 first published 1888 Archive.org
• Wee Willie Winkie, and other stories. Catalogued 1890. First published 1888. Archive.org. Includes The Drums of the Fore and Aft. The tale of the British Regiment which retreated in panic. Article from the Kipling Society.
• Soldiers Three, and Other Stories Volume I, Volume II 1914. First published 1888. Archive.org.

Soldier Tales 1896. Archive.org. With Illustrations

• The Jungle Book 1918 edition, first published 1894 Archive.org
  • Toomai of the Elephants, page 217

The character 'Petersen Sahib' in this story was based on George P Sanderson. Scroll down for the article 'Petersen Sahib' by Sir Theodore Tasker The Kipling Journal December 1971 Kipling Society

The Jungle Book LibriVox Audiobook read by Phil Chenevert. Archive.org. The Jungle Book (Version 3) LibriVox Audiobook multiple readers. Archive.org

• The Second Jungle Book 1899 first published 1895 Archive,org

The Second Jungle Book LibriVox Audiobook Archive.org

• Kim with illustrations by J.L. Kipling 1912 edition, first published 1901 Archive.org.

Lockwood Kipling, father of Rudyard, created the illustrations by the process of carving them as relief sculptures and then photographing them.

Kim LibriVox Audiobook read by Adrian Praetzellis. Archive.org

• Just So Stories for Little Children by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by the Author. 1902 Archive.org.
• The Light That Failed 1903 Archive.org. First published 1890.

The Light That Failed LibriVox Audiobook Archive.org

Also see

• Lahore-Military