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The Light That Failed
The Light That Failed
The Light That Failed
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The Light That Failed

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“The Light That Failed” is a novel written by Kipling, written when he was 25 years old. The story focuses on the character of Dick Ralff – a self-portrait of Kipling – and about unrequited love for, Maisie, his childhood Playmate. Children are both under the repressive and cruel treatment of Mrs Jennet. Dick later becomes a successful artist through for his illustrations of the wartime campaign in Sudan. In Sudan he met Dick Gilbert Torpenhow, the corresponding Central South Union, which is instrumental in spreading the reputation of Dick. They are committed and they promise to keep in touch.
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Release dateAug 27, 2015
ISBN9786050409826
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Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author and poet who began writing in India and shortly found his work celebrated in England. An extravagantly popular, but critically polarizing, figure even in his own lifetime, the author wrote several books for adults and children that have become classics, Kim, The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, Captains Courageous and others. Although taken to task by some critics for his frequently imperialistic stance, the author’s best work rises above his era’s politics. Kipling refused offers of both knighthood and the position of Poet Laureate, but was the first English author to receive the Nobel prize.

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    This book was hard for me to get into, at first. The story didn't roll off the pages as easily as other war-time novels. The Light that Failed follows the life of Richard Heldar, a soldier turned painter. The story begins with Dick as a child with his companion, Maisie, shooting a pistol by the ocean. This opening scene lays the foundation for the competitiveness they will share later in life. It also begins Dick's never ending love for Maisie despite the fact they will have gone their separate ways by adulthood. Dick spends some time as a soldier in Sudan and makes some lifelong friends, but it's after the war when he returns to London, England that the story really picks up. Dick comes home to be an artisit and to paint. His depictions of war become popular and his talent is exposed. Ironically, it is that same war that brought him fame that also brings his downfall.

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