Name: The Light That Failed
SKU: 61286252
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Author: Kipling, Rudyard
ISBN: 9781540577283

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Physical Book

Author

Rudyard Kipling

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

212

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x1.2 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9781540577283

Synopsis "The Light That Failed"

First published in 1890, "The Light That Failed" is a novel by Rudyard Kipling with most of its story taking place in London, but many important events throughout it occuring in Sudan or India. The novel follows the life of Dick Heldar, a painter that is motivated to paint one final masterpiece before he goes blind...

Rudyard Kipling

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Bombay, (1865-1936). Rudyard Kipling wrote novels, poems, and stories mainly set in India and Burma during the British rule. Kipling was a prolific and popular writer, and his literature always revolves around three axes: patriotism, the duty of the English to lead a life of intense activity, and the destiny of England, called to be a great empire. His insistence on this last aspect was undoubtedly an echo of the Victorian past, and severely damaged his reputation as a writer, despite being the first British author awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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