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Caroline Starr Balestier Kipling (December 31, 1862 – December 19, 1939), also known as Carrie, was the American-born wife of Rudyard Kipling and the custodian of his literary legacy after his death in 1936. [1] Balestier was born in Rochester, New York, to a prominent local family with a reputation for being unconventional.
Born in 1897, Kipling was the youngest of three children of the author Rudyard Kipling and his American wife Caroline Starr Balestier. He was born at North End House, Rottingdean in Sussex. [1] He was educated at St. Aubyn's, Rottingdean, and Wellington College, Berkshire.
Portrait of Kipling's wife, Caroline Starr Balestier, by his cousin Sir Philip Burne-Jones The writing life in Naulakha was occasionally interrupted by visitors, including his father , who visited soon after his retirement in 1893, [ 15 ] and the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle , who brought his golf clubs, stayed for two days, and gave ...
Kipling began work on the autobiography on 1 August 1935, and was last reported to work on it (doing revisions) on 26 December of the same year. He died on 18 January 1936. The unfinished manuscript was edited and prepared for publication by his wife, Caroline Starr Balestier.
Portrait of Rudyard Kipling's wife, Caroline Starr Balestier (1899), by his cousin Sir Philip Burne-Jones. Items portrayed in this file depicts.
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In 1900, Kipling was the most famous author in England, [8] and was earning £5,000 per year; the cost of Bateman's, £9,300, was thus entirely affordable. [5] Kipling wrote some of his finest works at the house including: "If—", "The Glory of the Garden", and Puck of Pook's Hill, named after the hill visible from the house. [8]
Many Inventions is an 1893 collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. 11 of the 14 stories appeared previously in various publications, including The Atlantic Monthly and The Strand Magazine. Eight of the stories were written in England, while the other six were written in Vermont after Kipling had married and settled with Caroline ...