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First published in book form in 1899, and reissued here in the 1928 Macmillan edition, this two-volume collection contains a series of letters and travel reports originally written for newspapers by the young Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) on his journeys around India, Burma, China, Japan and the United States between 1887 and 1889. The 1907 Nobel Prize winner's characteristic fluid writing style is already apparent in these funny, poignant and vivid articles and short stories. Providing revealing insights into Kipling's notions of imperialism and Englishness, the works also reflect the writer's keen observational powers, and a telling intelligent self-awareness of his own cultural prejudices. They include descriptions of his experiences of Japanese theatre and of visiting a slaughterhouse in Chicago, and a fascinating report of an encounter with Mark Twain, described by Kipling as 'a moment to be remembered.'

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Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Travel & holiday Travel writing

• Full title: From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches 2 Volume Paperback Set
• Subtitle: Letters of Travel
• Author: Rudyard Kipling
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 972
• EAN: 9781108033701
• ISBN: 1108033709
• ID: 02056703
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 1320 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 56 mm
• Date of publishing: 21. July 2011

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