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1、ThePhantomRickshawandOtherGhostStoriesKipling,RudyardPublished:1888Categorie(s):Fiction,Ghost,ShortStoriesSource:http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28061AboutKipling:JosephRudyardKipling(December30,1865–January18,1936)wasanEnglishauthorandpoet,borninIndia,andbestknowntodayforhischildren'sb
2、ooks,includingTheJungleBook(1894),TheSecondJungleBook(1895),JustSoStories(1902),andPuckofPook'sHill(1906);hisnovel,Kim(1901);hispoems,includingMandalay(1890),GungaDin(1890),and"If—"(1910);andhismanyshortstories,including"TheManWhoWouldBeKing"(1888)andthecollectionsLife'sHandicap(1891),
3、TheDay'sWork(1898),andPlainTalesfromtheHills(1888).Heisre-gardedasamajor"innovatorintheartoftheshortstory";hischildren'sbooksareenduringclassicsofchildren'sliterature;andhisbestworkspeakstoaversatileandluminousnarrativegift.KiplingwasoneofthemostpopularwritersinEnglish,inbothproseandve
4、rse,inthelate19thandearly20thcenturies.TheauthorHenryJamesfamouslysaidofhim:"Kiplingstrikesmepersonallyasthemostcompletemanofgenius(asdistinctfromfineintelligence)thatIhaveeverknown."In1907,hewasawardedtheNobelPrizeinLiterature,makinghimthefirstEnglishlan-guagewritertoreceivetheprize,a
5、ndheremainstodayitsyoungest-everrecipient.Amongotherhonours,hewassoundedoutfortheBritishPoetLaureateshipandonseveraloccasionsforaknighthood,allofwhichherejected.However,laterinlifeKiplingalsocametobeseen(inGeorgeOrwell'swords)asa"prophetofBritishimperialism."Manysawpreju-diceandmilitar
6、isminhisworks,andtheresultingcontroversyabouthimcontinuedformuchofthe20thcentury.AccordingtocriticDouglasKerr:"Heisstillanauthorwhocaninspirepassionatedisagreementandhisplaceinliteraryandculturalhistoryisfarfromsettled.ButastheageoftheEuropeanempiresrecedes,heisrecognizedasanincomparab
7、le,ifcontroversial,interpreterofhowempirewasexperienced.That,andanincreasingrecognitionofhisextraordinarynarrativegifts,makehimaforcetobereckonedwith."Source:WikipediaAlsoavailableonFeedbooksforKipling:•TheJungleBook(1894)•CaptainsCourageous(1897)•JustsoStories(1902)•Kim(1901)•TheMan
