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See biography, media, quotes, indexes. British author and poet. Born in Bombay, India and educated in England. Kipling has been deemed "an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced", through his novels, short stories and poetry dealing with the wars and subjects of the British empire across the world. The icon  identifies that the work includes a spoken word version.

Rudyard Kipling

Works

Poetry

• All poems

Collections

• Departmental Ditties and Other Verses (1886)
• Barrack-Room Ballads (1892)
• The Seven Seas (1896)
• The Five Nations (1903)
• Songs from Books (1912)

Novels

• The Light That Failed
• The Naulahka, with Wolcott Balestier (1892)
  • Verse heading chapter 5 Solo from Libretto of Naulahka
• "Captains Courageous": A Story of the Grand Banks
• Kim (1901)

Short stories

Linked collections

• The Story of the Gadsbys (1888)
  • Poor Dear Mamma, 1888
  • The World Without, 1888
  • The Tents of Kedar, 1888
  • With Any Amazement, 1888
  • The Garden of Eden, 1888
  • Fatima, 1888
  • The Valley of the Shadow, 1888
  • The Swelling of Jordan, 1888
• The Jungle Book (1894)
  • Mowgli's Brothers, 1894
  • Kaa's Hunting, 1894
  • "Tiger! Tiger!", 1894
  • The White Seal, 1893
  • "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", 1893
  • Toomai of the Elephants, 1893
  • Her Majesty's Servants, 1894
• The Second Jungle Book (1895)
  • How Fear Came, 1894
  • The Miracle of Purun Bhagat, 1894
  • Letting In the Jungle, 1894
  • The Undertakers, 1894
  • The King's Ankus, 1895
  • Quiquern, 1895
  • Red Dog, 1895
  • The Spring Running, 1895
• Stalky & Co. (1899)
  • "In Ambush", 1898
  • Slaves of the Lamp, Part I, 1897
  • An Unsavoury Interlude, 1899
  • The Impressionists, 1899
  • The Moral Reformers, 1899
  • A Little Prep., 1899
  • The Flag of Their Country, 1899
  • The Last Term, 1899
  • Slaves of the Lamp, Part II, 1897
• Just So Stories (1902)
  • How the Whale Got His Throat, 1897
  • How the Camel Got His Hump, 1898
  • How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, 1898
  • How the Leopard Got His Spots, 1901
  • The Elephant's Child, 1900
  • The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo, 1900
  • The Beginning of the Armadillos, 1900
  • How the First Letter Was Written, 1901
  • How the Alphabet Was Made, 1902
  • The Crab That Played with the Sea, 1902
  • The Cat That Walked by Himself, 1902
  • The Butterfly That Stamped, 1902
  • The Tabu Tale, 1903
• Puck of Pook's Hill (1906)
  • Weland's Sword, 1906
  • Young Men at the Manor, 1906
  • The Knights of the Joyous Venture, 1906
  • Old Men at Pevensey, 1906
  • A Centurion of the Thirtieth, 1906
  • On the Great Wall, 1906
  • The Winged Hats, 1906
  • Hal o' the Draft, 1906
  • "Dymchurch Flit", 1906
  • The Treasure and the Law, 1906
• Rewards and Fairies (1910)
  • Cold Iron, 1909
  • Gloriana, 1909
  • The Wrong Thing, 1909
  • Marklake Witches, 1910
  • The Knife and the Naked Chalk, 1909
  • Brother Square-Toes, 1910
  • "A Priest in Spite of Himself", 1910
  • The Conversion of St. Wilfrid, 1910
  • A Doctor of Medicine, 1909
  • Simple Simon, 1910
  • The Tree of Justice, 1910
• The Complete Stalky & Co. (1929)
  • "Stalky", 1898
  • "In Ambush", 1898
  • Slaves of the Lamp, Part I, 1897
  • An Unsavoury Interlude, 1899
  • The Impressionists, 1899
  • The Moral Reformers, 1899
  • The United Idolaters, 1924
  • Regulus, 1917
  • A Little Prep., 1899
  • The Flag of Their Country, 1899
  • The Propagation of Knowledge, 1926
  • The Satisfaction of a Gentleman, 1929
  • The Last Term, 1899
  • Slaves of the Lamp, Part II, 1897

Other stories

• .007, 1897; in The Day’s Work
• The Amir's Homily, 1891; in Life's Handicap
• The Army of a Dream, 1904; in Traffics and Discoveries
• The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly, 1886; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• As Easy as A.B.C., 1912
• At Howli Thana, 1888
• At the End of the Passage, 1890; in Life's Handicap
• At the Pit's Mouth, 1888
• At Twenty-Two, 1888
• Aunt Ellen, 1932
• Baa Baa, Black Sheep, 1888
• A Bank Fraud, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• Beauty Spots, 1932
• Below the Mill Dam, 1902; in Traffics and Discoveries
• Bertran and Bimi, 1891; in Life's Handicap
• Beyond the Pale, 1888; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Big Drunk Draf', 1888
• The Bisara of Pooree, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• Bitters Neat, 1887
• Black Jack, 1888
• The Bold 'Prentice, 1895
• The Bonds of Discipline, 1903; in Traffics and Discoveries
• "Bread Upon the Waters", 1895; in The Day’s Work
• The Bridge-Builders, 1893; in The Day’s Work
• The Broken-Link Handicap, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case, 1888; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• "Brugglesmith", 1891
• The Brushwood Boy, 1895; in The Day’s Work
• Bubbling Well Road, 1888; in Life's Handicap
• The Bull That Thought, 1924
• The Burning of the Sarah Sands, 1898
• By Word of Mouth, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Captive, 1902; in Traffics and Discoveries
• The Children of the Zodiac, 1891
• The Church That Was at Antioch, 1929
• "The City of Dreadful Night", 1885; in Life's Handicap
• The Comprehension of Private Copper, 1902; in Traffics and Discoveries
• A Conference of the Powers, 1890
• Consequences, 1886; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Courting of Dinah Shadd, 1890; in Life's Handicap
• Cupid's Arrows, 1888; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Daughter of the Regiment, 1887
• Dayspring Mishandled, 1928
• A Deal in Cotton, 1907
• The Debt, 1930
• The Devil and the Deep Sea, 1895; in The Day’s Work
• The Disturber of Traffic, 1891
• The Dog Hervey, 1914
• Dray Wara Yow Dee, 1888
• The Dream of Duncan Parrenness, 1884; in Life's Handicap
• The Drums of the Fore and Aft, 1888
• The Edge of the Evening, 1913
• The Education of Otis Yeere, 1888
• The Enemies to Each Other, 1924
• The Enlightenments of Pagett, M.P., 1890
• An Error in the Fourth Dimension, 1894; in The Day’s Work
• The Eye of Allah, 1926
• The Eyes of Asia, 1917
• Fairy-Kist, 1927
• False Dawn, 1888; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Finances of the Gods, 1891; in Life's Handicap
• "The Finest Story in the World", 1891
• A Flight of Fact, 1918
• A Friend of the Family, 1924
• Friendly Brook, 1914
• A Friend's Friend, 1887
• The Gardener, 1925
• Garm — a Hostage, 1899
• The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows, 1884; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• Gemini, 1888
• Georgie Porgie, 1888; in Life's Handicap
• A Germ-Destroyer, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The God from the Machine, 1888
• The Great Play Hunt, 1930
• An Habitation Enforced, 1905
• Ham and the Porcupine, 1935
• Haunted Subalterns, 1887
• The Head of the District, 1890; in Life's Handicap
• The Hill of Illusion, 1887
• His Chance in Life, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• His Gift, 1923
• His Majesty the King, 1888
• His Private Honour, 1891
• His Wedded Wife, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Honours of War, 1911
• The Horse Marines, 1911
• The House Surgeon, 1909
• In Error, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• In Flood Time, 1888
• In the House of Suddhoo, 1886; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• "In the Interests of the Brethren", 1918
• In the Matter of a Private, 1888
• In the Presence, 1912
• In the Pride of His Youth, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• In the Rukh, 1893
• In the Same Boat, 1911
• The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney, 1889; in Life's Handicap
• The Janeites, 1924
• Jews in Shushan, 1887; in Life's Handicap
• The Judgment of Dungara, 1888
• Judson and the Empire, 1893
• Kidnapped, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Lang Men o' Larut, 1889; in Life's Handicap
• The Last Relief, 1891
• The Limitations of Pambe Serang, 1889; in Life's Handicap
• Lispeth, 1886; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• Little Foxes, 1909
• Little Tobrah, 1888; in Life's Handicap
• The Lost Legion, 1892
• "Love-o'-Women", 1893
• The Madness of Private Ortheris, 1888
• A Madonna of the Trenches, 1924
• The Maltese Cat, 1895; in The Day’s Work
• The Man Who Was, 1890; in Life's Handicap
• The Man Who Would Be King, 1888
• The Manner of Men, 1930
• The Mark of the Beast, 1890; in Life's Handicap
• Mary Postgate, 1915
• A Matter of Fact, 1892
• The Miracle of Saint Jubanus, 1930
• Miss Youghal's Sais, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Mother Hive, 1908
• Moti Guj — Mutineer, 1891; in Life's Handicap
• Mrs. Bathurst, 1904; in Traffics and Discoveries
• Mrs. Hauksbee Sits Out, 1890
• The Mutiny of the Mavericks, 1891; in Life's Handicap
• My Lord the Elephant, 1892
• My Own True Ghost Story, 1888
• My Personal Experience with a Lion, 1902
• "My Son's Wife", 1917
• My Sunday at Home, 1895; in The Day’s Work
• Naboth, 1886; in Life's Handicap
• Namgay Doola, 1891; in Life's Handicap
• A Naval Mutiny, 1931
• Of Those Called, 1889
• On Greenhow Hill, 1890; in Life's Handicap
• On the City Wall, 1888
• On the Gate: A Tale of ’16, 1926
• On the Strength of a Likeness, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• One View of the Question, 1890
• Only a Subaltern, 1888
• The Other Man, 1886; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Parable of Boy Jones, 1910
• The Phantom ’Rickshaw, 1885
• Pig, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Pit That They Digged, 1889
• Private Learoyd's Story, 1888
• The Propagation of Knowledge, 1926
• The Prophet and the Country, 1924
• The Puzzler, 1906
• The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot, 1890
• Regulus, 1917
• Reingelder and the German Flag, 1889; in Life's Handicap
• The Rescue of Pluffles, 1886; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Return of Imray, 1891; in Life's Handicap
• The Rout of the White Hussars, 1888; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• A Sahibs' War, 1901; in Traffics and Discoveries
• The Satisfaction of a Gentleman, 1929
• Sea Constables: A Tale of '15, 1915
• A Sea Dog, 1934
• A Second-Rate Woman, 1888
• The Sending of Dana Da, 1888
• The Ship That Found Herself, 1895; in The Day’s Work
• The Solid Muldoon, 1888
• The Son of His Father, 1893
• "Stalky", 1898
• Steam Tactics, 1902; in Traffics and Discoveries
• The Story of Muhammad Din, 1886; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes, 1885
• "Swept and Garnished", 1915
• The Taking of Lungtungpen, 1887
• Teem — a Treasure-Hunter, 1935
• The Tender Achilles, 1929
• "Their Lawful Occasions", 1903; in Traffics and Discoveries
• "They", 1904; in Traffics and Discoveries
• Three and — an Extra, 1886; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Three Musketeers, 1887
• Through the Fire, 1888; in Life's Handicap
• Thrown Away, 1888; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• Thy Servant a Dog, 1930
• The Tie, 1932
• To Be Filed for Reference, 1888; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• Toby Dog, 1930
• Tods' Amendment, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Tomb of His Ancestors, 1897; in The Day’s Work
• A Tour of Inspection, 1904
• The Track of a Lie, 1888
• Uncovenanted Mercies, 1932
• The United Idolaters, 1924
• Unprofessional, 1930
• An Unqualified Pilot, 1895
• Venus Annodomini, 1886; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Village That Voted the Earth Was Flat, 1917
• The Vortex, 1914
• A Walking Delegate, 1894; in The Day’s Work
• The Wandering Jew, 1889; in Life's Handicap
• Watches of the Night, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• The Way That He Took, 1900
• A Wayside Comedy, 1888
• Wee Willie Winkie, 1888
• William the Conqueror, 1895; in The Day’s Work
• "Wireless", 1902; in Traffics and Discoveries
• With the Main Guard, 1888
• With the Night Mail, 1905
• Without Benefit of Clergy, 1890; in Life's Handicap
• The Wish House, 1924
• The Woman in His Life, 1928
• The Wreck of the Visigoth, 1889
• Wressley of the Foreign Office, 1887; in Plain Tales from the Hills
• "Yoked with an Unbeliever", 1886; in Plain Tales from the Hills

Other

• An English School, 1893
• Winning the Victoria Cross, 1897
• A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron (1898)
• From Sea to Sea: Letters of Travel (1899)
• Something of Myself for My Friends Known and Unknown (1937) - autobiography.

Works about Kipling

• Kipling's Early Verse, NYT (1899)[1]

Transcription projects

• Rudyard Kipling's verse - Inclusive Edition 1885-1918
• Q. Horati Flacci Carminum librum quintum

Works on Wikilivres

• Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides (1923) — Copyrighted in the United States until 2017
• Debits and Credits (1926) — Copyrighted in the United States until 2020
• The Muse Among the Motors (1904–1929) — Copyrighted in the United States until 2023
• Limits and Renewals (1932) — Copyrighted in the United States until 2026
• Twenty-one Tales (1946) — Copyrighted in the United States until 2050

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1936, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.