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The  light that failed

The light that failed

by Rudyard Kipling

1890BlindTeenage boysFishersFishing boatsFiction
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First lines

WHAT do you think she'd do if she caught us?

About this book

So we settled it all when the storm was done As comf'y as comf'y could be; And I was to wait in the barn, my dears, Because I was only three; And Teddy would run to the rainbow's foot, Because he was five and a man; And that's how it all began, my dears, And that's how it all began. - Big Barn Stories.

Themes & subjects

BlindTeenage boysFishersFishing boatsFictionPainters
First published 1890

Setting

Grand Banks of Newfoundland

About the author

Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling

30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936

Rudyard Kipling was a British author and poet. Born in Bombay, in British India, he is best known for his works of fiction "[The Jungle Book][1]" (1894). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature. ([Source][2]) [1]: /works/OL15400121W/ [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling

Author

Rudyard Kipling

First published

1890

Pages

202

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

262

Language

English

Publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

ISBN

9781727414158

Where to buy

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