内容简介
One of Kipling's most enduringly popular works, Captains
Courageous is both a stirring tale of the sea and a fable of a
boy's initiation into the world of men.
作者简介
Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865 and sent to England where
he was educated at United Services College, Westward Ho!, in Devon.
He returned to India in 1880 where he worked as a journalist on the
Lahore Civil and Military Gazette. His Plain Tales from the Hills
and Soldiers Three quickly won him a reputation in England, to
where he returned and settled in 1889. The Light that Failed, his
first attempt at a full-length novel, was published the following
year and in 1892 he married the daughter of an American publisher.
The Seven Seas (1896), a collection of verse, and the short story
collections Many Inventions and The Days Work were all brilliantly
successful. The Jungle Books (1894) have become classics in animal
stories, and Stalky & Co(1899) presents semi-autobiographical
episodes, based on the author's schooldays. Kim appeared in 1901
and the classic Just So Stories the following year. Kipling's real
merit as a writer has been undermined by accusations of jingoism
and imperialism. This ignores the real quality of the main body of
his work, as well as his own criticisms of the less admirable
aspects of imperialism. He was awarded The Nobel Prize for
literature in 1907. --This text refers to the Paperback
edition.