![]() She terminated their relationship after two years, leaving Kipling devastated, as he had believed that they were engaged. Īfter returning to India to work as a reporter, Kipling remained in touch with Garrard through correspondence. The novel's inspiration was his failed relationship with Florence Garrard, whom he had first met when he was boarding with his sister in Southsea. ![]() However, as a novel was expected from him, he began to write The Light That Failed on a very short deadline of three months. It was also adapted into a play, two silent films and a drama film.īy the time Kipling returned to England in 1889, he was well on his way to literary fame due to his successful short stories. Though it was poorly received by critics, the novel has managed to remain in print for over a century. ![]() Kipling wrote the novel when he was 26 years old, and it is semi-autobiographical, being based upon his own unrequited love for Florence Garrard. ![]() It follows the life of Dick Heldar, an artist and painter who goes blind, and his unrequited love for his childhood playmate, Maisie. Most of the novel is set in London, but many important events throughout the story occur in Sudan and Port Said. The Light That Failed is the first novel by the Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling, first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in January 1891. ![]()
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