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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.
Caroline Starr Balestier (mother) Elsie Bambridge ( née Kipling ; 2 February 1896 – 24 May 1976) was the second daughter of British writer Rudyard Kipling . She was the only one of the Kiplings' three children to survive beyond early adulthood.
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 ...
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.
The unfinished manuscript was edited and prepared for publication by his wife, Caroline Starr Balestier. After preliminary printing of selections from the text in a number of newspapers, the book was published by Macmillan , Kipling's established UK publisher, on 21 December 1937.
Philip Burne-Jones: Caroline Starr Balestier, Mrs Rudyard Kipling (1862-1939) Artist: Philip Burne-Jones (1861–1926) Alternative names:
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Eight of the stories were written in England, while the other six were written in Vermont after Kipling had married and settled with Caroline Balestier. [1] The title refers to a verse from Ecclesiastes, which is quoted on the title page: "Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions."