Just So Stories
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2008
Summary
How the Leopard Got His Spots: Unveiling the Just So Stories
These stories possess a timeless quality, echoing the profound nature of myth. Beyond the captivating adventures and mesmerizing prose, Kipling delves into fundamental questions: What defines us? Where do we originate? How should we conduct our lives?
Have you ever pondered the origins of the leopard’s spots, or the camel’s hump? Rudyard Kipling’s ingenious and exquisitely crafted tales reveal these mysteries and p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099511823 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099511827 |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
| Author: | Rudyard Kipling, Philip Pullman |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2008 |
| Weight: | 174g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
“They sing in my head even now … What a wonderful storyteller/poet he was.”
Today’s children would do well to abandon their computers and iPods for an hour or two and read him – Griff Rhys Jones * Daily Mail *Weird and wonderful * Daily Telegraph *Kipling was one of the greatest wordsmiths of the English language and these fables are told in a simple and irresistible manner. They’re timeless – Martin Bell * Daily Express *The Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling have always held a fascination for me, and doubtless sparked off my love of India – H.M The Prince of WalesKipling is a writer for our times, and for all time – Roger Moore * The Times *
About The Author
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in India on 30 December 1865. He was sent back to England when he was seven years old but returned to India in 1882 to work as the assistant editor of the Civil & Military Gazette in Lahore. He published poetry and stories in newspapers but it was the publication of Plain Tales from the Hills in 1888 that brought him his first major success. His most famous works are Barrack-room Ballads (1892), The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and Just So Stories (1902). The Just So Stories were written for his children and are addressed to his six-year-old daughter Josephine, his ‘best beloved’, who died of pneumonia in 1899. Rudyard Kipling died on 18 January 1936.
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