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Narrated by: Richard Mitchley

Unabridged — 34 minutes

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Overview

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in Mumbai, India on 30th December 1865.

As was the custom in those days, he and his sister were sent back to England when he was 5. The ill-treatment and cruelty by the Portsmouth couple they boarded with Kipling said contributed to the onset of his literary life.

At 16 he returned to India to work on a local paper where he was soon contributing and writing. It also exposed him to the issues of identity and national allegiance which pervade much of his work.

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