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The Education of Henry Adams · Character

Rudyard Kipling

British writer and poet, met in Washington.

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Also known as Kipling

First appearance: xxiii silence 1894 1898

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Met on the Teutonic during his wedding trip; brings gaiety and wit but highlights the American-English divide.
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