Overview
'Mind you, it was a pukka, respectable opium-house, and not one of those
stifling, sweltering chandoo-khanas that you can find all over the
City.' Kipling first became famous for his pungent, harsh and shocking
stories of northwest India, where he grew up. This is just a small
selection from his inexhaustibly contentious and various early work.
Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday.
Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin
Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries.
They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of
blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and
the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and
intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped
the lives of millions. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). Kipling's works
available in Penguin Classics are Captains Courageous, Just So Stories,
Kim, Plain Tales from the Hills, Selected Poems, The Jungle Books and
The Man Who Would Be King: Selected Stories.