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The Day's Work
''The Day's Work'' is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in 1898. There are no poems included between the different stories in ''The Day's Work'', as there are in many other of Kipling's collections. Contents The book contains 13 short stories, which were mainly written between 1893 and 1896 while Kipling was living in Vermont. Four of the stories contained in ''The Day's Work'' include anthropomorphic characters. #"The Bridge-Builders" #"A Walking Delegate" #" The Ship that Found Herself" #"The Tomb of His Ancestors" #" The Devil and the Deep Sea" #"William the Conqueror - part I" #"William the Conqueror - part II" #".007" #"The Maltese Cat" #" Bread upon the Waters" #"An Error in the Fourth Dimension" #"My Sunday at Home" #"The Brushwood Boy" See also * List of the works of Rudyard Kipling * 1898 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1898. Events *January 13 – Émile Zola' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, mythic tales, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables and anecdotes in various ancient communities around the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century. Definition The short story is a crafted form in its own right. Short stories make use of plot, resonance, and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree. While the short story is largely distinct from the novel or novella/short novel, authors generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques. The short story is sometimes referred to as a genre. Determining what exactly defines a short story has been recurrently problematic. A classic definition of a short story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers. Founded in London in 1843 by Scottish brothers Daniel and Alexander MacMillan, the firm would soon establish itself as a leading publisher in Britain. It published two of the best-known works of Victorian era children’s literature, Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' (1894). Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Harold Macmillan, grandson of co-founder Daniel, was chairman of the company from 1964 until his death in December 1986. Since 1999, Macmillan has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group with offices in 41 countries worldwide and operations in more than thirty others. History Macmillan was founded in London in 1843 by Daniel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the ''Jungle Book'' duology ('' The Jungle Book'', 1894; '' The Second Jungle Book'', 1895), ''Kim'' (1901), the '' Just So Stories'' (1902) and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888). His poems include " Mandalay" (1890), " Gunga Din" (1890), "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919), " The White Man's Burden" (1899), and "If—" (1910). He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story.Rutherford, Andrew (1987). General Preface to the Editions of Rudyard Kipling, in "Puck of Pook's Hill and Rewards and Fairies", by Rudyard Kipling. Oxford University Press. His children's books are classics; one critic noted "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".Rutherford, Andrew ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ship That Found Herself
"The Ship that Found Herself" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling, first published in The Idler in 1895. It was collected with other Kipling stories in ''The Day's Work'' (1898)."The Ship that Found Herself The New Readers' Guide to the works of Rudyard Kipling, accessed 1 June 2014. The ''Dimbula'', a cargo ship, makes her first voyage from Liverpool to New York. During the storm which the ship encounters, the various parts of the ship, each of which has a distinct personality, talk and argue with each other until, at the end of the voyage, they have learnt to co-operate effectively. Story summary Before the ''Dimbula'' leaves Liverpool, the owner's daughter, Miss Frazier, who named the ship when she was launched i ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil And The Deep Sea
"The Devil and the Deep Sea" is a short story by the British writer Rudyard Kipling, first published in 1895 in ''The Graphic''s Christmas number. It was collected with other Kipling stories in ''The Day's Work'' (1898)."The Devil and the Deep Sea" The New Readers' Guide to the works of Rudyard Kipling, accessed 15 September 2015. In the story, a cargo-boat involved in illicit is caught by the local authority in the region of present-day ; the crew eventually manage to escape, due to the expertise of the ship's engineer. Summary The story d ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bread Upon The Waters
Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made foods, having been of significance since the dawn of agriculture, and plays an essential role in both religious rituals and secular culture. Bread may be leavened by naturally occurring microbes (e.g. sourdough), chemicals (e.g. baking soda), industrially produced yeast, or high-pressure aeration, which creates the gas bubbles that fluff up bread. In many countries, commercial bread often contains additives to improve flavor, texture, color, shelf life, nutrition, and ease of production. History Bread is one of the oldest prepared foods. Evidence from 30,000 years ago in Europe and Australia revealed starch residue on rocks used for pounding plants. It is possible that during this time, starch extract from the roots of plants, such as catt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Works Of Rudyard Kipling
This is a bibliography of works by Rudyard Kipling, including books, short stories, poems, and collections of his works.''Rudyard Kipling: A Bibliographic Catalogue'', James McG. Stewart, ed. A.W. Yeats (Dalhousie University Press, Toronto), 1959 Books (These are short story collections except as noted. Listed by year of publication.) * ''The City of Dreadful Night'' (1885), short story – later published as ''The City of the Dreadful Night'' in Little Blue Book No. 357 * ''Departmental Ditties'' (1886), poetry * ''Plain Tales from the Hills'' (1888) ** "Lispeth" (short story) ** "Three and - an Extra" (short story) ** "Thrown Away" (short story) ** "Miss Youghal's Sais" (short story) ** "'Yoked with an Unbeliever'" (short story) ** "False Dawn" (short story) ** "The Rescue of Pluffles" (short story) ** "Cupid's Arrows" (short story) ** "The Three Musketeers" (short story) ** "His Chance in Life" (short story) ** "Watches of the Night" (short story) ** "The Other Man" (short sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1898 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1898. Events *January 13 – Émile Zola's open letter to Félix Faure, President of France, on the Dreyfus affair, ''J'Accuse…!'', is published on the front page of the Paris daily newspaper ''L'Aurore''. On February 23, Zola is convicted of criminal libel in connection with ''J'Accuse…!''. Following dismissal of his appeal he flees to London (arriving on July 19) to escape imprisonment. In August he begins writing his novel ''Fécondité'' in the suburbs. *February 5–June 18 – M. P. Shiel's "Yellow Peril" novel ''The Empress of the Earth'', written around contemporary events in China, appears in the Pearson weekly ''Short Stories'' (London) and in book form in July as ''The Yellow Danger''; it is frequently reprinted. *February 25 – Première of Frank Wedekind's '' Earth Spirit'' (''Erdgeist''), first of his Lulu plays, in Leipzig, in a production by Carl Heine, with Wedekind himself in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1898 Short Story Collections
Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. * January 13 – Novelist Émile Zola's open letter to the President of the French Republic on the Dreyfus affair, ''J'Accuse…!'', is published on the front page of the Paris daily newspaper ''L'Aurore'', accusing the government of wrongfully imprisoning Alfred Dreyfus and of antisemitism. * February 12 – The automobile belonging to Henry Lindfield of Brighton rolls out of control down a hill in Purley, London, England, and hits a tree; thus he becomes the world's first fatality from an automobile accident on a public highway. * February 15 – Spanish–American War: The USS ''Maine'' explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor, Cuba, for reasons never fully established, killing 266 me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Story Collections By Rudyard Kipling
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Doubleday & McClure Company Books
Doubleday may refer to: * Doubleday (surname), including a list of people with the name Publishing imprints * Doubleday (publisher), imprint of Knopf Doubleday, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House * Doubleday Canada, imprint of Penguin Random House Canada * Image, formerly Doubleday Religion, imprint of Crown Publishing Group, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House Baseball * Doubleday Field, Cooperstown, New York, USA; baseball stadium * ''Doubleday Field'', United States Military Academy, West Point, New York State, USA; a region of the academy; see Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field * Auburn ''Doubledays'', single-A baseball team, from Auburn, New York State, USA Other uses * SS ''Abner Doubleday'', Liberty ship built during World War II * ''Henry Doubleday Research Association'', UK organic growing charity See also * * * Doubleday myth The Doubleday myth is the claim that the sport of baseball was invented in 1839 by future American Civil War general Abner Dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
