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The Portable Kipling contains selections from The Jungle Books and Soldiers Three ; more than twenty stories, including " The Man Who Would Be King ," " The Cat that Walked by Himself ," " The Eye of Allah ," and the unsettling " Mary Postgate "; more than fifty poems; and three essays. The volume also includes a complete chronology and a critical introduction by Irving Howe that permits us to see the formal achievements of Kipling's work as well as to enjoy its abundant pleasures-not least of which is the sheer satisfaction of great storytelling.Kipling, Rudyard is the author of 'Portable Kipling', published 1982 under ISBN 9780140150971 and ISBN 0140150978.
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