The Complete Poems of Rudyard Kipling – 570+ Titles in One Edition (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Songs from Novels and Stories, The Seven Seas Collection, Departmental Ditties, The Five Nations…By Rudyard Kipling
Length23h 1m
About this audiobook
The Complete Poems of Rudyard Kipling – 570+ Titles in One Edition gathers the extraordinary range of a poet whose work moves from martial ballad and imperial hymn to children's verse, satire, elegy, and moral fable. Kipling's verse is marked by strong rhythms, dramatic monologue, colloquial speech, and memorable refrain; it belongs to the late Victorian and Edwardian world, yet continually tests that world's certainties through irony, craftsmanship, and narrative force. Rudyard Kipling, born in Bombay in 1865 and educated in England, drew deeply on the divided experience of empire, travel, journalism, and public life. His years in India sharpened his ear for language, hierarchy, folklore, and military culture, while his later fame as novelist, storyteller, and Nobel laureate gave his poetry a public authority that was both celebrated and contested. This edition is recommended to readers seeking more than a selection of familiar pieces such as "If—" or "Gunga Din." It offers the breadth necessary to understand Kipling as a complex literary figure: technically brilliant, historically revealing, morally provocative, and indispensable to any serious study of English poetry at the turn of the twentieth century.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenrePoetry
Length23 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 19, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26The Lovers' Litany
2Introduction
27A Ballad of Burial
3Author Biography
28Divided Destinies
4Historical Context
29The Masque of Plenty
5Synopsis (Selection)
30The Mare's Nest
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6Departmental Ditties
31Possibilities
7General Summary
32Christmas in India
8Army Headquarters
33Pagett, M.P
9Study of an Elevation, in Indian Ink
34The Song of the Women
10A Legend
35A Ballad of Jakko Hill
11The Story of Uriah
36The Plea of the Simla Dancers
12The Post That Fitted
37The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding-House
13Delilah
38As the Bell Clinks
14What Happened
39An Old Song
15Pink Dominoes
40Certain Maxims of Hafiz
16The Man Who Could Write
41The Grave of the Hundred Head
17Municipal
42The Moon of Other Days
18A Code of Morals
43The Undertaker's Horse
19The Last Department
44The Fall of Jock Gillespie
20Other Verses
45Arithmetic on the Frontier
21The Vampire
46The Betrothed
22To the Unknown Goddess
47A Tale of Two Cities
23The Rupaiyat of Omar Kal'vin
48Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads
24La Nuit Blanche
49The Ballad of East and West
25My Rival
50The Last Suttee
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