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The Naulahka: A Story of West and East is a 1892 novel by Rudyard Kipling in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier, which was originally serialized in The Century Magazine from November 1891 to July 1892. [1] The book is set in the fictional state of "Rahore", believed to be based on Rajputana.
- Rudyard Kipling
- Fiction
- 1892
- 352
- Publication
- The Title
- Chapter Headings
- Some Critical Responses
- Literary Collaborations
- The Real Naulakha
- Naulakha in Lahore
- Naulakha in Vermont
- A Concluding Note
The Naulahka, A Story of West and East, written by Rudyard Kipling in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier, was serialised in the Century Magazinefrom November 1891 to July 1892. However, after two instalments and Wolcott’s sudden and untimely death from typhoid in Dresden on 5th December 1891, Kipling was left with the task of revising and supervi...
Naulakha in Hindi means nine lakhs of rupees, nearly a million rupees. (A lakh is 100,000) When this novel was published in 1891 it was mis-spelt as ‘Naulahka’, with the ‘h’ before the ‘k’. When in 1893 Kipling used the name for the house he built in Vermont he used the correct spelling, ‘Naulakha’.
In the Century the story had appeared without chapter headings. A pamphlet, entitled “Rhymed Chapter Headings”, was printed in 1892 to establish copyright. These verse headings were then included in the book editions of The Naulahka, and one may assume (since Wolcott died in 1891) that they are the work of Kipling. In Songs from Books (1912) they a...
Henry James had viewed the Kipling/Balestier alliance with some alarm, describing it as a ‘morning without a morrow’; and the novel was not received with enthusiasm by the literati. However, as a tale of adventure, it was by no means a critical failure. J H Millar, writing in Redwood’s Magazine in 1898, wrote that it was as thrilling as Robert Loui...
J. H. Macdonald Stevenson writes in KJ 141of March 1962. The Wrong Box, also written by Stevenson in collaboration with Lloyd Osbourne, was one of Kipling’s favourite stories. [See the notes in this Guide on “The Vortex” in A Diversity of Creatures.] See also the correspondence between Charles Carrington and the ORGEditors.
“Naulakha” also happens to be the name of a fabulous necklace of pearls, emeralds and rubies. An intriguing backdrop to the story is proffered by Charles Lesley Ames in his article on “The Real Naulakha” in the Kipling Journal No. 124 of December 1957:
Muhammed Latif, a reliable authority on Lahore and its antiquities, writes, in his History of Lahore[1892]: Old maps of the City of Lahore show the site of this 16th century palace and gardens. It is north of the city and is depicted as a large open space. Kipling must have ridden across and around it quite frequently.
Kipling’s house “Naulakha”, built for himself in Brattleboro, Vermont, and where the Kipling’s lived from 1892 to 1896, was sold to Miss Mary R. Cabot, who lived there until she died in 1932. She is mentioned in Charles Crane’s book Pendrift. Miss Cabot and her brother knew the Kiplings well. The brother was “the man of the west” in “In Sight of Mo...
In conclusion, let me add that while The Naulahka is one of Kipling’s weakest contribution to Literature, I go along with Roger Lancelyn Green’s comment that it is much more readable than most contemporary novels. [p. 208, Kipling: The Critical Heritage, Barnes & Noble, New York, 1970.] [S.K.]
30. Mai 2001 · The Naulahka - A Story Of East And West. Rudyard Kipling. 3.33. 72 ratings11 reviews. Kate Sheriff, a young American woman, knew without a shadow of a doubt what her calling was. She was to move to India where she would dedicate herself to improving the condition of Indian women.
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The women of the West shade such eyes under their hands at sunset in their cabin-doors, scanning those hills or those grassless, treeless plains for the homecoming of their men. A hard life is always hardest for the woman. Kate Sheriff had lived with her face to the West and with her smouldering eyes fixed upon the wilderness since she could ...
The naulahka : a story of West and East by Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936; Balestier, Charles Wolcott, 1861-1891; Kipling Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
11. Dez. 2011 · The Naulahka - a Story of East and West. Rudyard Kipling. House of Stratus, Dec 11, 2011 - Fiction - 264 pages. Kate Sheriff, a young American woman, knew without a shadow of a...
8. Juni 2015 · "The Naulahka: A Story of West and East" was originally serialised in the 'Century Magazine' from November 1891 to July 1892. Written in by Kipling in collaboration with Wolcott...
