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Adventure, Identity, and Friendship in Kipling’s IndiaFirst published in 1901, Kim is one of Rudyard Kipling’s most celebrated novels and one of his finest works for adult readers. Set in British India, it combines adventure, espionage, spiritual searching, and a vivid portrait of a society shaped by many cultures, religions, languages, and the realities of imperial rule.At the center of the novel is Kimball O’Hara, an orphan of Ir...

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.

First published in 1897, "Captains Courageous" is another brilliant story and a maritime adventure created by the very versatile Rudyard Kipling."Captains Courageous" tells the story of a 15-year-old boy named Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a wealthy railroad tycoon. He is on an ocean liner bound for Europe when he falls overboard and is rescued by a group of cod fisherman off the coast of Newfoundland. Harvey tries to get the fisherman to take him back to port, but they ref...

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...

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...

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...

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, ...

Join Mowgli, the “man-cub” who is saved from the evil, man-eating tiger Shere Khan and adopted by a wolf pack, as he grows up in the jungle. Growing from boy to man, Mowgli learns the ways of the animals from Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the mongoose, and others.HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titl...

The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893-4. The original publications contained illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six years of his childhood there. After about ten years in England, he went back to India and worked there for about six-and-half years. These stories were written when Kipling lived in Vermont.The tales in the bo...

Rudyard Kipling is a paramount literary figure, having created an impressive corpus of work as varied as treasured children’s classics, compelling novels, accomplished poetry and critical war writings. This comprehensive eBook presents Kipling’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 5)Features:* illustrated with many images...

A 19th-century English family discovers a young mongoose half drowned from a flood. They revive it and decide to keep it as a pet. The young mongoose, named Rikki Tikki Tavi, finds himself confronted by two dangerous king cobras, Nag and his even more dangerous wife Nagin, who had the run of the garden while the house was unoccupied. The exciting adventures of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the little mongoose, will be a wonderful teacher of true love, devoted friendship, real courage ...

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...