A NDAS (N.D. Author Services) Digest edition. The main public domain ballad, poetry (poems) and verse of Rubyard Kipling converted for easy reading by cross-platform ebook / ePUB standards. This volume includes:My Boy JackGunga DinMandalayTommyRecessionalSix Honest Serving MenGods of the Copybook HeadingsThe Ballad of East and WestThe White Man's BurdenIF--The Ballad of the Red...

A NDAS "Digest" edition compiled by N.D. Author Services (NDAuthorServices.com). The main public domain fiction (plus additional) works of Rudyard Kipling Stoker converted for easy reading by cross-platform ebook / ePUB standards. This volume includes:Abaft the FunnelActions and ReactionsAmerican NotesCaptains CourageousThe City of Dreadful Night and Other PlacesThe Day’s WorkA Diversity of CreaturesThe Eye...

Do you wonder how the camel got his humps or the leopard her spots? Rudyard Kipling’s classic Just So Stories tells the thrilling and mystical tales of how some of the most famous animals came to be.Similar to his story “How Fear Came to Be” from The Second Jungle Book, which explains how the tiger got his stripes, the tales in Just So Stories are original stories and, along with The Jungle Book, are counted among Kipling’s most popular works for...

Rudyard Kipling was one of the most popular writers of his era, and his novel "Kim", first published in 1901, has become one of his most well-known non-juvenile works.The novel takes place at a time contemporary to the book's publication; its setting is India under the British Empire. Hence, "Kim" is set in an imperialistic world; a world strikingly masculine, dominated by travel, trade and adventure, a world in which there is no question of the division between white and non-white...

“The python dropped his head lightly for a moment on Mowgli's shoulders. "A brave heart and a courteous tongue," said he. "They shall carry thee far through the jungle, manling. But now go hence quickly with thy friends. Go and sleep, for the moon sets and what follows it is not well that thou shouldst see.”Rudyard Kipling’s collection of fables, based on the ancient tales and folklore of his birthplace in India, starts off with the most famous one — the story of the man-cub Mowgli...

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage. Here we look at the works of Rudyard Kipling; that great Victorian, that great writer of Empire, that great man; from The Jungle Book to The Man Who Wou...

Just so Stories was written by Rudyard Kipling and was first published in 1902, are pourquoi stories, fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is "How Fear Came" in The Second Jungle Book (1895), in which Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger got his stripes.

These twelve magical tales tell, among other things, how the camel got his hump; the leopard his spots; the elephant his trunk; how the alphabet was made; and how a butterfly caused mayhem at the court of King Solomon. Rightfully considered one of the enduring classics of children's literature, Just So Stories is an enchanting collection that still delights and illuminates over a century after it was first published.Beautifully illustrated throughout by Kipling himself, th...

Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim, published in 1901, tells the story of Kimball O'Hara ("Kim"), the orphaned son of an Anglo-Irish soldier, who grows up as a street-urchin on the streets of Lahore in India during the time of the British Raj. Knowing little of his parentage, he is as much a native as his companions, speaking Hindi and Urdu rather than English, cunning and street-wise. At about the age of twelve, Kim encounters an old Tibetan lama on a pilgrimage in search of a holy river. He dec...

The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated) gathers the breadth of Kipling's fiction, poetry, and journalism, from the imperial fables of The Jungle Book and Kim to the barrack-room ballads, children's tales, and sharply observed sketches of colonial life. Its style ranges from vigorous vernacular speech and rhythmic verse to richly symbolic animal allegory, placing Kipling at the intersection of late Victorian realism, adventure romance, and imperial literature. Rudyard Kipling, b...

Both books. The Jungle Book includes 37 black-and-white illustrations. Classic Kipling animal stories and accompanying verse, including Mowgli's Brothers, Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack, Kaa's Hunting, Road-Song of the Bandar-Log, "Tiger! Tiger!", Mowgli's Song, The White Seal, Lukannon, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", Darzee's Chant, Toomai of the Elephants, Shiv and the Grasshopper, Her Majesty's Servants, and Parade Song of the Camp Animals. The Second Jungle Book includes 12 black-and-white illu...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.Here you will find the complete novels and stor...