Mrs. Bathurst Summary
Rudyard Kipling

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Mrs. Bathurst Summary

"Mrs. Bathurst" is perhaps Rudyard Kipling' most popular short story. Although his career began as a journalist, it is Kipling's prose sketches and verse that earned him widespread respect as an author at an early age. Henry James considered Kipling the most complete man of genius he had ever known. Authors such as T. S. Eliot and C. S. Lewis acknowledged his influence on their own work.

Kipling's reputation as an author, however...

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Rudyard Kipling Biographies (7)

Joseph Rudyard Kipling

1,059 words, approx. 4 pages

The British poet and story writer Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was one of the first masters of the short story in English and the first to use Cockney dialect in serious poetry. Rudyard Kipli... Read more

(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling

13,325 words, approx. 45 pages

The years 1890-1932, during which Joseph Rudyard Kipling was having his books published in London and New York, coincided with the development of modernism and its establishment as the dominant lite... Read more

(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling

3,091 words, approx. 11 pages

Rudyard Kipling is better known as a poet and short-story writer than as a novelist. He wrote only three novels and collaborated with Wolcott Balestier on another, highly forgettable one. The shorter... Read more

(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling

9,932 words, approx. 34 pages

From the 1890s to the 1920s the most popular writer in the English-speaking world was Rudyard Kipling. He won at the outset of his career the favorable attention of writers and critics, and in 1907 he... Read more

(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling

10,358 words, approx. 35 pages

It is easy to underestimate the variety, complexity, and subtlety of Rudyard Kipling 's writing. He became an extraordinarily popular writer in the 1890s with short stories and poems enlivened by str... Read more

Joseph Rudyard Kipling

15,043 words, approx. 51 pages

Biography EssayThe years 1890-1932, during which Joseph Rudyard Kipling was having his books published in London and New York, coincided with the development of modernism and its establishment as the ... Read more

Rudyard Kipling

3,016 words, approx. 11 pages

Rudyard Kipling is praised as a brilliant literary stylist whose rich, rhythmic prose and creative use of language have delighted generations of readers around the globe. He is best known to modern au... Read more

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