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...

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...

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...

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.

Among the best loved of all children’s classics, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Bookis set among a community of animals in the jungles of India, where Kipling was born and grew up. Three of the stories feature the adventures of an abandoned “man cub,” a boy named Mowgli, who is raised by wolves in the jungle. Other well-known stories in the collection include “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” the tale of a heroic mongoose who outwits vicious cobras in order to save his human benefactors, ...

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...

A wild world. A human boy. An unforgettable journey. Step into the lush, mysterious jungles of India with Rudyard Kipling's beloved masterpiece, The Jungle Book. Follow the adventures of Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves, as he learns life's harsh and beautiful lessons from his animal mentors—Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther, and the cunning tiger Shere Khan. This timeless classic is more than just a tale for children—it's a rich fable about courage, belonging, and the harmony between man...

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Ralph Mowat. In the jungle of Southern India the Seeonee Wolf-Pack has a new cub. He is not a wolf - he is Mowgli, a human child, but he knows nothing of the world of men. He lives and hunts with his brothers the wolves. Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther are his friends and teachers. And Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger, is his enemy. Kipling's famous story of Mowgli's adventures in the jungle has bee...

The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So Stories were illustrated with woodcuts by Kipling himself. Many of the stories are addressed to "Best Beloved" (they were first written for Kipling's eldest daughter, Josephine, who had died during an outbreak of influenza in 1899), and throughout they use a comically elevated style inspired by the formal speech of India, full of long and improbable-sou...

No man's cub can run with the people of the Jungle,' howled Shere Khan. 'Give him to me!When Father Wolf and Mother Wolf find a man-cub in the jungle, they anger the greedy tiger Shere Khan by refusing to surrender it to his jaws, and rear the child as their own. But when little Mowgli grows up, the pack can no longer defend him. He must learn the secret of fire, and with the help of his friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, he faces his nemesis at last....