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, with his wife
and two young daughters, left their home in Vermont for England after his quarrel with his brother-in-law
brought him public humiliation.
Carrington, Charles. Rudyard Kipling. His Life and Work. Macmillan, 1955.
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Residence
Rudyard Kipling
The couple settled soon after their marriage in a house they built for themselves called (after the novel on which Kipling had collaborated with his late brother-in-law) Naulahka, at Brattleboro, Vermont, USA. They lived...
Violence
Rudyard Kipling
The brother-in-laws' quarrel was vicious: Kipling had Balestier
arrested for threatening violence. When the story emerged, Kipling was savaged in the press and embarrassed in the courtroom by losing his case.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
