Debits and credits by Rudyard Kipling
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"Debits and Credits" by Rudyard Kipling is a collection published in 1926. This volume gathers fourteen stories, nineteen poems, and two play scenes that range from retellings of ancient tales to accounts of World War I's impact. The stories explore diverse settings—from Sussex villages to medieval abbeys, from school pranks to wartime trenches. Kipling examines themes of love, loss, duty, and human resilience, while some poems playfully imitate the Roman poet Horace.
The collection showcases Kipling's versatility across genres and subjects. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 26016150 |
| Title | Debits and credits |
| Original Publication | United States: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. |
| Note | Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debits_and_Credits_(book) |
| Contents | Includes the stories: The enemies to each other -- Sea constables: a tale of '15 -- "In the interests of the Brethren" -- The United idolaters -- The wish house -- The Janeites -- The prophet and the country -- The bull that thought -- A Madonna of the trenches -- The propagation of knowledge -- A friend of the family -- On the gate: a tale of '16 -- The eye of Allah -- The gardener. |
| Credits | Tim Lindell, SF2001, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Short stories, English |
| Subject | English fiction -- 20th century |
| Subject | English poetry -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 71002 |
| Release Date | Jun 20, 2023 |
| Last Update | Aug 15, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 614 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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