Glorifier of imperialism or defender of the common man, jingoist or wry observer, all of the above, or none? Rudyard Kipling was certainly a product of his time, yet his droll Just So stories are timeless.

Biography and studies

• Biography pages from The Literature Network, Books And Writers, and Victorian Station
• The Nobel Prize Kipling pages (including his 1907 presentation speech)  
• The Kipling Society has plenty of links, essays and information
• The Victorian Web's Kipling pages place him in the social context of his times and link to useful essay material, while this biography from Spartacus looks at his political ideas
• Kipling was a Freemason and this site examines how that influenced his work and ideas
• The French ricochet-jeunes site has information about Kipling and his stories as well as versions and adaptations (and quite a number of other historical authors)
• Literary History has a large list of articles and critical evaluations while Links to Literature and Classiclit are gateways with plenty of links to other sites

Texts and works

• Pennsylvania University's Online Books pages list many, many titles available on line from different sources such as Project Gutenberg
• Dalhousie University in Canada has a large collection of Kipling's papers and manuscripts

And lastly, why not do a bit of searching. The ubiquitous Google or Alta Vista build good results from your search. Try "Rudyard Kipling" as a name, as well as descriptors such as children's literature, "Just so stories", and mowgli in various combinations.

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