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poliphiloBut today the wind and the rain are back. Ailz checked and we're getting higher wind speeds than anywhere else in the country. The next door neighbour was being glum about it.
I've been reading Abaft the Funnel- a collection of fugitive pieces by Kipling which he wouldn't have bothered to republish if an American publisher hadn't pirated them first. Some of them date from his early residence in London- and they're rather sad. He puts on a rictus grin but mainly he hates London and he hates England and the English and still thinks of himself as Indian. It's odd to find the future celebrant of Englishness in this frame of mind. Kipling was complex. Those who only know "If" and "The White Man's Burden" have hardly begun to scratch the surface.
I've also been reading Debits and Credits- his penultimate short story collection and arguably his best- and I'm starting on Limits and Renewals- which was his last.
I've been reading Abaft the Funnel- a collection of fugitive pieces by Kipling which he wouldn't have bothered to republish if an American publisher hadn't pirated them first. Some of them date from his early residence in London- and they're rather sad. He puts on a rictus grin but mainly he hates London and he hates England and the English and still thinks of himself as Indian. It's odd to find the future celebrant of Englishness in this frame of mind. Kipling was complex. Those who only know "If" and "The White Man's Burden" have hardly begun to scratch the surface.
I've also been reading Debits and Credits- his penultimate short story collection and arguably his best- and I'm starting on Limits and Renewals- which was his last.
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Date: 2023-01-15 07:11 am (UTC)