Rudyard Kipling 1865 - 1936

Writer who spent some years in Rottingdean

Plaque on site of Kipling's house

Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865.
He moved to Rottingdean in 1897 following a family quarrel with his brother in-law. Rudyard's aunt: Georgina Burne-Jones had a holiday home in Rottingdean and it was here in North End House that Rudyard's son John was born. During his 'Rottingdean Period' Kipling produced some of his most revered and memorable works: including kim, stalky and co. and the Just So Stories.

At the Grange museum, Rottingdean (admission free) there is a Kipling Room, dedicated to the writer, which includes a reconstruction of the study from his house in the village: The Elms.

In 1902, Kipling bought a seventeenth century house near Burwash, Sussex and moved to this more secluded location in 1903.

Bilbilography

The Main Works

Plain Tales from the Hills 1888
Soldiers Three, The Story of the Gadsbys, In Black and White 1888
Under the Deodars, The Phantom Rickshaw, Wee Willie Winkie 1888
Life's Handicap 1891
The Light That Failed 1891
The Naulahka - A Story of West and East 1892
Many Inventions 1893
The Jungle Book 1894
The Second Jungle Book 1895
'Captains Courageous' 1896
The Day's Work 1898
A Fleet In Being 1898
Stalky and Co. 1899
From Sea to Sea - Letters of Travel 1899
Kim 1901
The Just So Stories 1902
Traffics and Discoveries 1904
Puck of Pook's Hill 1906
Actions and Reactions 1909
Rewards and Fairies 1910
Sea Warfare 1916
A Diversity of Creatures 1917
Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides 1923
The Irish Guards in the Great War 1923
Debits and Credit 1926
A Book of Words 1928
Thy Servant a Dog 1930
Limits and Renewals 1932
Something of Myself 1937