RUDYARD KIPLING
\ɹˈʌdjɑːd kˈɪplɪŋ], \ɹˈʌdjɑːd kˈɪplɪŋ], \ɹ_ˈʌ_d_j_ɑː_d k_ˈɪ_p_l_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of RUDYARD KIPLING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1910 - Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern
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An English short-story writer, novelist, and poet; born at Bombay, India, Dec. 30, 1865. Starting with prose, his short stories are: "Plain Tales from the Hills" (1888), introducing among others the famous creations Mulvaney and Ortheris, who appeared again with Learoyd, the third of the great trio, in "Soldiers Three" (1889) and others of his works; "The Phantom Rickshaw" (1889); "Mine Own People" (1891); "Life's Handicap" (1891); "Many Inventions" (1893); "The Jungle Books" (1894-95). His novels are: "The Story of the Gadsbys" (1890), in dialogue form; "The Light that Failed" (1891); "The Naulahka" (1892), with Wolcott Balestier; "Captains Courageous" (1897), a story with American characters. His verse can be seen in "Departmental and Other Ditties" (1890); "Barrack Room Ballads" (1892); "The Seven Seas" (1896); "Traffics and Discoveries" (1904).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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