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Here you will find the complete novels and stories of Rudyard Kipling in the chronological order of their original publication.
- Plain Tales from the Hills (a collection of 40 short stories)
- Soldiers Three (a collection of 9 short stories)
- The Story of the Gadsbys (a collection of 8 short stories)
- In Black and White (a collection of 8 short stories)
- Under the Deodars (a collection of 8 short stories)
- The Phantom Rickshaw and other Tales...
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Un roman d'aventures passionnant à bord d'un bateau de pêche !
Harvey Cheyne est le fils gâté et arrogant d'un millionnaire américain. Lors de la traversée de l'Atlantique qui le mène vers l'Europe, le jeune garçon tombe à la mer. Un pêcheur le récupère à bord d'un morutier. Harvey est aussitt enrlé pour la saison de pêche qui bat son plein...
À l'origine, ce récit a été publié sous la forme d'un feuilleton dans le Pearsons Magazine,...
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CLASSIC FICTION (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Following the initial success of The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling published the collection of parables Just So Stories. He first entertained his own children with these delightful and humorous tales before deciding to write them down for publication. The stories are written in the form of what came to be also known as pourqoui (French for "why") stories, each explaining how and why things came to be as they...
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Manga Classics brings to life Rudyard Kipling's original collection of short stories in this fantastic collection. Heavily influenced by his childhood in British-ruled India, Kipling created some of the most well-read children's stories in Western Culture. Book One of The Jungle Book(s) includes Mowgli's Brothers, the story of Mowgli, the abandoned man-cub who was raised by animals in the Indian jungle, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the heroic mongoose, and Toomai...
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"The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition" is an extensive collection that showcases the early works of the celebrated British author, Rudyard Kipling. Best known for iconic creations like "The Jungle Book," "Kim," and the "Just So Stories," Kipling's broader oeuvre, often overshadowed, is rich with detailed depictions of colonial India and acute observations of the British Empire's complex social and political fabric.
This anthology...
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El texto de Kipling sobre el Japón, una joya de la escritura turística, de una amenidad extraordinaria, mantiene una actualidad pasmosa gracias a la casualidad que hizo de Kipling uno de los poquísimos grandes escritores occidentales que pudieron contemplar y describir el Japón moderno en los momentos mismos de su gestación, en pleno período revolucionario Meiji. Con un ritmo magistralmente medido para cautivar al lector, mediante una combinación...
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Much of what we know about the everyday life of the British Raj comes from Rudyard Kipling, one of the keenest observers of nineteenth century India. He is at his best, when writing about the men and women who worked, lived, loved and died together; their indiscretions and foibles; flirtations and passions.
In this collection, we meet some of his most scandalous characters: Pluffles, a young subaltern, who is rescued by beautiful Mrs. Hauksbee, the...
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Le quotidien d'un voyageur journaliste dans un pays qui s'ouvre au monde : le Japon du XIXe siècle.
Rudyard Kipling fait escale au Japon – à la fin du XIXe siècle - entre un long séjour professionnel en Inde et l'Amérique qu'il ne connait pas encore. Cette étape est une découverte surprenante et ses écrits par ces quelque onze lettres racontent avec malice son quotidien de voyageur journaliste dans un pays qui s'ouvre au monde. Voici...