Author:Rudyard Kipling

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Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)

sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons gallery, quotes. British author and poet. Born in Bombay, India and educated in England. Kipling has been deemed "an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced", through his novels, short stories and poetry dealing with the wars and subjects of the British empire across the world. The icon  identifies that the work includes a spoken word version.

Rudyard Kipling

Works

Poetry

• All poems

Collections

• Schoolboy Lyrics (1881, privately printed)
• Echoes, by Two Writers (1884, with sister Beatrice)
• Departmental Ditties and Other Verses (1886) (no source; unindexed)
• Departmental Ditties, Barrack-Room Ballads and other verses (1890) (unindexed)
• Barrack-Room Ballads (1892) (no source; unindexed)
• The Seven Seas (1896)
• Departmental Ditties and Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads (1919)
• The Five Nations (1903)
• A Song of the English (1909) (transcription project)
• Songs from Books (1912)
• The Years Between (1919)
• Rudyard Kipling's Verse, Inclusive Edition, 1885-1918 (1919) (transcription project)

Anthologized:

• From A Treasury of War Poetry, ... 1914-1919 (1917):
  • "For all we have and are" pp. 52-3.
  • "The Choice" pp. 92-3.

Novels

• The Light That Failed
• The Naulahka, with Wolcott Balestier (1892)
  • Verse heading chapter 5 Solo from Libretto of Naulahka
• "Captains Courageous": A Story of the Grand Banks
• Kim (1901)

Short stories

Linked collections

• The Story of the Gadsbys (1888)
  • Poor Dear Mamma, 1888
  • The World Without, 1888
  • The Tents of Kedar, 1888
  • With Any Amazement, 1888
  • The Garden of Eden, 1888
  • Fatima, 1888
  • The Valley of the Shadow, 1888
  • The Swelling of Jordan, 1888

• Plain Tales from the Hills (1888)
  • Lispeth, 1886
  • Three and—an Extra, 1886
  • Thrown Away, 1888
  • Miss Youghal's Sais, 1887
  • 'Yoked with an Unbeliever', 1886
  • False Dawn, 1888
  • The Rescue of Pluffles, 1886
  • Cupid's Arrows, 1888
  • The Three Musketeers, 1887
  • His Chance in Life, 1887
  • Watches of the Night, 1887
  • The Other Man, 1886
  • Consequences, 1886
  • The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin, 1887
  • The Taking of Lungtungpen, 1887
  • A Germ-Destroyer, 1887
  • Kidnapped, 1887
  • The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly, 1886
  • In the House of Suddhoo, 1886
  • His Wedded Wife, 1887
  • The Broken-Link Handicap, 1887
  • Beyond the Pale, 1888
  • In Error, 1887
  • A Bank Fraud, 1887
  • Tods' Amendment, 1887
  • The Daughter of the Regiment, 1887
  • In the Pride of his Youth, 1887
  • Pig, 1887
  • The Rout of the White Hussars, 1888
  • The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case, 1888
  • Venus Annodomini, 1886
  • The Bisara of Pooree, 1887
  • A Friend's Friend, 1887
  • The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows, 1884
  • The Madness of Private Ortheris, 1888
  • The Story of Muhammad Din, 1886
  • On the Strength of a Likeness, 1887
  • Wressley of the Foreign Office, 1887
  • By Word of Mouth, 1887
  • To be Filed for Reference, 1888

• Life's Handicap (1891)
  • The Lang Men o' Larut, 1889
  • Reingelder and the German Flag, 1889
  • The Wandering Jew, 1889
  • Through the Fire, 1888
  • The Finances of the Gods, 1891
  • The Amir's Homily, 1891
  • Jews in Shushan, 1887
  • The Limitations of Pambe Serang, 1889
  • Little Tobrah, 1888
  • Bubbling Well Road, 1888
  • "The City of Dreadful Night", 1885
  • Georgie Porgie, 1888
  • Naboth, 1886
  • The Dream of Duncan Parrenness, 1884
  • The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney, 1889
  • The Courting of Dinah Shadd, 1890
  • On Greenhow Hill, 1890
  • The Man Who Was, 1890
  • The Head of the District, 1890
  • Without Benefit of Clergy, 1890
  • At the End of the Passage, 1890
  • The Mutiny of the Mavericks, 1891
  • The Mark of the Beast, 1890
  • The Return of Imray, 1891
  • Namgay Doola, 1891
  • Bertran and Bimi, 1891
  • Moti Guj — Mutineer, 1891
• Many Inventions (1893)
  • "Love-o'-Women" (1893)
• The Jungle Book (1894)
  • Mowgli's Brothers, 1894
  • Kaa's Hunting, 1894
  • "Tiger! Tiger!", 1894
  • The White Seal, 1893
  • "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", 1893
  • Toomai of the Elephants, 1893
  • Her Majesty's Servants, 1894
• The Second Jungle Book (1895)
  • How Fear Came, 1894
  • The Miracle of Purun Bhagat, 1894
  • Letting In the Jungle, 1894
  • The Undertakers, 1894
  • The King's Ankus, 1895
  • Quiquern, 1895
  • Red Dog, 1895
  • The Spring Running, 1895
• The Day's Work (1898) (transcription project)
  • The Bridge-Builders, 1893
  • A Walking Delegate, 1894
  • The Ship that Found Herself, 1895
  • The Tomb of his Ancestors, 1897
  • The Devil and the Deep Sea, 1895
  • William the Conqueror, 1895
  • .007, 1897
  • The Maltese Cat, 1895
  • "Bread upon the Waters", 1895
  • An Error in the Fourth Dimension, 1894
  • My Sunday at Home, 1895
  • The Brushwood Boy, 1895
• Stalky & Co. (1899)
  • "In Ambush", 1898
  • Slaves of the Lamp, Part I, 1897
  • An Unsavoury Interlude, 1899
  • The Impressionists, 1899
  • The Moral Reformers, 1899
  • A Little Prep., 1899
  • The Flag of Their Country, 1899
  • The Last Term, 1899
  • Slaves of the Lamp, Part II, 1897
• Just So Stories (1902)
  • How the Whale Got His Throat, 1897
  • How the Camel Got His Hump, 1898
  • How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, 1898
  • How the Leopard Got His Spots, 1901
  • The Elephant's Child, 1900
  • The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo, 1900
  • The Beginning of the Armadillos, 1900
  • How the First Letter Was Written, 1901
  • How the Alphabet Was Made, 1902
  • The Crab That Played with the Sea, 1902
  • The Cat That Walked by Himself, 1902
  • The Butterfly That Stamped, 1902
  • The Tabu Tale, 1903
• Traffics and Discoveries (1904) (transcription project)
  • The Captive, 1902
  • The Bonds of Discipline, 1903
  • A Sahibs' War, 1901
  • "Their Lawful Occasions", 1903
  • The Comprehension of Private Copper, 1902
  • Steam Tactics, 1902
  • "Wireless", 1902
  • The Army of a Dream, 1904
  • "They", 1904
  • Mrs. Bathurst, 1904
  • Below the Mill Dam, 1902
• Puck of Pook's Hill (1906)
  • Weland's Sword, 1906
  • Young Men at the Manor, 1906
  • The Knights of the Joyous Venture, 1906
  • Old Men at Pevensey, 1906
  • A Centurion of the Thirtieth, 1906
  • On the Great Wall, 1906
  • The Winged Hats, 1906
  • Hal o' the Draft, 1906
  • "Dymchurch Flit", 1906
  • The Treasure and the Law, 1906
• Rewards and Fairies (1910) (transcription project)
  • Cold Iron, 1909
  • Gloriana, 1909
  • The Wrong Thing, 1909
  • Marklake Witches, 1910
  • The Knife and the Naked Chalk, 1909
  • Brother Square-Toes, 1910
  • "A Priest in Spite of Himself", 1910
  • The Conversion of St. Wilfrid, 1910
  • A Doctor of Medicine, 1909
  • Simple Simon, 1910
  • The Tree of Justice, 1910
• The Complete Stalky & Co. (1929)
  • "Stalky", 1898
  • "In Ambush", 1898
  • Slaves of the Lamp, Part I, 1897
  • An Unsavoury Interlude, 1899
  • The Impressionists, 1899
  • The Moral Reformers, 1899
  • The United Idolaters, 1924
  • Regulus, 1917
  • A Little Prep., 1899
  • The Flag of Their Country, 1899
  • The Propagation of Knowledge, 1926
  • The Satisfaction of a Gentleman, 1929
  • The Last Term, 1899
  • Slaves of the Lamp, Part II, 1897

Other stories

• As Easy as A.B.C., 1912
• At Howli Thana, 1888
• At the Pit's Mouth, 1888
• At Twenty-Two, 1888
• Aunt Ellen, 1932
• Baa Baa, Black Sheep, 1888
• Beauty Spots, 1932
• The Big Drunk Draf', 1888
• Bitters Neat, 1887
• Black Jack, 1888
• The Bold 'Prentice, 1895
• "Brugglesmith", 1891
• The Bull That Thought, 1924
• The Burning of the Sarah Sands, 1898
• The Children of the Zodiac, 1891
• The Church That Was at Antioch, 1929
• A Conference of the Powers, 1890
• Dayspring Mishandled, 1928
• A Deal in Cotton, 1907
• The Debt, 1930
• The Disturber of Traffic, 1891
• The Dog Hervey, 1914
• Dray Wara Yow Dee, 1888
• The Drums of the Fore and Aft, 1888
• The Edge of the Evening, 1913
• The Education of Otis Yeere, 1888
• The Enemies to Each Other, 1924
• The Enlightenments of Pagett, M.P., 1890
• The Eye of Allah, 1926
• The Eyes of Asia, 1917
• Fairy-Kist, 1927
• "The Finest Story in the World", 1891
• A Flight of Fact, 1918
• A Friend of the Family, 1924
• Friendly Brook, 1914
• The Gardener, 1925
• Garm — a Hostage, 1899
• Gemini, 1888
• The God from the Machine, 1888
• The Great Play Hunt, 1930
• An Habitation Enforced, 1905
• Ham and the Porcupine, 1935
• Haunted Subalterns, 1887
• The Hill of Illusion, 1887
• His Gift, 1923
• His Majesty the King, 1888
• His Private Honour, 1891
• The Honours of War, 1911
• The Horse Marines, 1911
• The House Surgeon, 1909
• In Flood Time, 1888
• "In the Interests of the Brethren", 1918
• In the Matter of a Private, 1888
• In the Presence, 1912
• In the Rukh, 1893
• In the Same Boat, 1911
• The Janeites, 1924
• The Judgment of Dungara, 1888
• Judson and the Empire, 1893
• The Last Relief, 1891
• Little Foxes, 1909
• The Lost Legion, 1892
• "Love-o'-Women", 1893
• A Madonna of the Trenches, 1924
• The Man Who Would Be King, 1888
• The Manner of Men, 1930
• Mary Postgate, 1915
• A Matter of Fact, 1892
• The Miracle of Saint Jubanus, 1930
• The Mother Hive, 1908
• Mrs. Hauksbee Sits Out, 1890
• My Lord the Elephant, 1892
• My Own True Ghost Story, 1888
• My Personal Experience with a Lion, 1902
• "My Son's Wife", 1917
• A Naval Mutiny, 1931
• Of Those Called, 1889
• On the City Wall, 1888
• On the Gate: A Tale of ’16, 1926
• One View of the Question, 1890
• Only a Subaltern, 1888
• The Parable of Boy Jones, 1910
• The Phantom ’Rickshaw, 1885
• The Pit That They Digged, 1889
• Private Learoyd's Story, 1888
• The Propagation of Knowledge, 1926
• The Prophet and the Country, 1924
• The Puzzler, 1906
• The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot, 1890
• Regulus, 1917
• The Satisfaction of a Gentleman, 1929
• Sea Constables: A Tale of '15, 1915
• A Sea Dog, 1934
• A Second-Rate Woman, 1888
• The Sending of Dana Da, 1888
• The Solid Muldoon, 1888
• The Son of His Father, 1893
• "Stalky", 1898
• The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes, 1885
• "Swept and Garnished", 1915
• Teem — a Treasure-Hunter, 1935
• The Tender Achilles, 1929
• Thy Servant a Dog, 1930
• The Tie, 1932
• Toby Dog, 1930
• A Tour of Inspection, 1904
• The Track of a Lie, 1888
• Uncovenanted Mercies, 1932
• The United Idolaters, 1924
• Unprofessional, 1930
• An Unqualified Pilot, 1895
• The Village That Voted the Earth Was Flat, 1917
• The Vortex, 1914
• The Way That He Took, 1900
• A Wayside Comedy, 1888
• Wee Willie Winkie, 1888
• With the Main Guard, 1888
• With the Night Mail, 1905
• The Wish House, 1924
• The Woman in His Life, 1928
• The Wreck of the Visigoth, 1889

Other

• An English School, 1893
• Winning the Victoria Cross, 1897
• A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron (1898) (transcription project)
• From Sea to Sea: Letters of Travel (1899)
• Something of Myself for My Friends Known and Unknown (1937) - autobiography.

Transcription projects

• Rudyard Kipling's verse - Inclusive Edition 1885-1918
• Q. Horati Flacci Carminum librum quintum

On Wikilivres

• Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides (1923) — Copyrighted in the United States until 2019
• Debits and Credits (1926) — Copyrighted in the United States until 2022
• The Muse Among the Motors (1904–1929) — Copyrighted in the United States until 2025
• Limits and Renewals (1932) — Copyrighted in the United States until 2028
• Twenty-one Tales (1946) — Copyrighted in the United States until 2042

Works about Kipling

• Kipling's Early Verse, NYT (1899)[1]
• “Kipling, Rudyard,” Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1900.
• “Kipling, Rudyard” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• "Kipling's Ballads of 'The Seven Seas' ", by Edmund Clarence Stedman from Genius, and other essays (1911).

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1936, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.