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Jayatee Bhattacharya, Lovely Professional University Unit 8: Before a Midnight Breaks in Storm by Rudyard Kipling

Unit 8: Before a Midnight Breaks in Storm Notes
by Rudyard Kipling

CONTENTS
Objectives

Introduction
8.1 About Joseph Rudyard Kipling
8.1.1 Early Life
8.1.2 Back to India

8.1.3 Career as a Writer
8.1.4 Peak of his Career
8.1.5 Freemasonry
8.1.6 The First World War

8.1.7 After the War
8.1.8 Death and Legacy
8.1.9 Links with Scouting
8.1.10 Kipling’s Home at Burwash

8.1.11 Reputation in India
8.1.12 Bibliography
8.2 Poem
8.2.1 Analysis

8.3 Summary
8.4 Keywords
8.5 Review Questions
8.6 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
Describe the life and works of Rudyard Kipling
Explain the Before a Midnight breaks in Storm

Analyse Before a Midnight breaks in Storm
Introduction

Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay on December 30th 1865, son of John Lockwood Kipling,
an artist and teacher of architectural sculpture, and his wife Alice. His mother was one of the
talented and beautiful Macdonald sisters, four of whom married remarkable men, Sir Edward

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