R.吉卜林编著的《吉姆(英文版)/很经典英语文库》讲述了：Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book(1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, Kipling was one ofthe most popular writers in England, in both prose andverse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. HenryJames said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the mostcomplete man of genius that I have ever known." In1907, Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature,making him the first English-language writer to receivethe prize, and its youngest recipient to date. Amongother honours, he was sounded out for the British PoetLaureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood,all of which he declined.
