Something of Myself (Classic Reprint): For My Friends, Known and Unknown - Couverture souple

Rudyard Kipling

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333577958 ISBN 13 : 9781333577957

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how a boyhood in Bombay and England shaped one of literature’s most enduring voices, guiding his later stories and essays.

This memoir reconstructs the early life, family, and learning that formed a writer’s imagination. It follows a child moving from the heat of India to the shores of England, and how people, places, and books steered a memory toward later works.

• A vivid account of home life in Bombay, the ayah and Meeta, songs at the piano, and a child’s curiosity for a mysterious world.
• The pull of reading, from Aunt Judy’s Magazine to poems and tales that later echo in Kipling’s acclaimed stories.
• Life in England, including a strict household, the pull of libraries and clubs, and the influence of mentors and companions who fed a growing imagination.
• Travels and encounters that shaped views on culture, empire, and history, leading to reflections found in later writing.

Ideal for readers who enjoy literary memoirs, the origins of a well-known voice, and stories of childhood, memory, and the making of a writer.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Something of Myself: For My Friends, Known and Unknown

Far across green spaces round the house was a marvellous place filled with smells of paints and oils, and lumps of clay with which I played. That was the atelier of my Father's School of Art, and a Mr. Terry Sahib, his assistant, to whom my small sister was devoted, was our great friend. Once, on the way there alone, I passed the edge of a huge ravine a foot deep, where a winged monster as big as myself attacked me, and I fled and wept. My Father drew for me a picture of the tragedy with a rhyme beneath.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333577958
• ISBN 13: 9781333577957
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
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