Writers who unexpectedly become affluent typically spend their money on travel, opulent city homes, and the kind of ostentatious extravagance that befits their elevated status. Rudyard Kipling had a more subdued approach. He decided to invest his riches in a dilapidated farmhouse in rural Sussex at the height of his career, having already written a number of widely read poems and The Jungle Book. He spent the remainder of his life expanding the little land he had initially bought.
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