Kim is Rudyard Kipling's finest work. Now controversial, this novel is a memorably vivid evocation of the life and landscapes of India in the late nineteenth century. Kim himself is a resourceful lad who befriends a lama, an ageing priest; and both embark on a combined quest. Whereas Kim has an insa[...]

This selection covers the full range of Kipling's extraordinary short stories throughout his career. Ranging in subject matter from the Indain to the Occult, from children to animals, from domestic comedy to public tragedy, each is masterly in its way. Above all, they convey a wonderful sense of lif[...]

Among the best loved of all classics for children are the tales of Mowgli, the boy who learned the law of the jungle as he grew up among a pack of wolves in India's Seeonee Hills. First published in 1894, the book imagines a child living and flourishing in a community of animals - an idea that perha[...]

Each volume in the "Collector's Library" series has a specially commissioned Afterword, brief biography of the author and a further reading list. The Afterword for this edition of is by David Stuart Davies."The Jungle Book" shows Kipling's writing for children at its best. It is a collection of shor[...]

In his lifetime, Kipling was widely regarded as the unofficial Poet Laureate, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. His poetry is striking for its many rhythms and popular forms of speech, and Kipling was equally at home with dramatic monologues and extended ballads. He is often[...]

Rudyard Kipling is a paramount literary figure, having created an impressive corpus of work as varied as treasured children's classics, compelling novels, beautiful poetry and critical non-fiction war writings. This eBook offers readers the unique opportunity of exploring this prolific writer's work[...]

V knigu skazok nobelevskogo laureata po literature, izvestnogo pisatelja Redjarda Kiplinga voshli proizvedenija iz ego skazochnogo tsikla "Skazki prosto tak" - o tom, kak motylek topnul nogoj, otkuda u slona khobot, kak pojavilis bronenostsy, i kto napisal pervoe pismo... Eti skazki polzujutsja ogro[...]

This Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling is a truly complete and authoritative single-volume edition of Kipling's works. It contains his all novels, as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays and letters, all in their most authoritative texts. For easier navigation, there are tables of contents for [...]

Boka inneholder 26 av Kiplings noveller. Mye av det beste i Victoria-tidas England kommer fram i Kipling: sansen for eventyr, appetitten på virkelighet, den barske etikken og humoren, men også mye av det som hørte til tidsalderens skyggeside: selvsikkerheten, nasjonalismen, blindheten for det sek[...]

Den kendte historie om menneskeungen Mowgli, der opfostres af ulvene i den indiske jungle. Disney gjorde historien kendt for alle, men her er den originale historie om, hvordan Mowgli lærer at leve efter jungleloven og lærer at jage. Hans læremestre er selvfølgelig panteren Bagheera, bjørnen Ba[...]

Kiplings dyrefortællinger er blandt de mest elskede børnelitterære klassikere.

Nogle af Danmarks bedste tegnere har illustreret historierne om, hvordan dyrene i tidernes morgen fik deres forskellige karakteristika og personligheder.
Jan Mogensen har tegnet, hvordan elefanten fik sin la[...]

Mowgli räddas som liten från Shere Khan, tigern med de gnistrande ögonen. Han uppfostras enligt djungelns lag och lär sig jaga och tala djungelvarelsernas olika språk. Men Mowgli är människa, och efterhand förstår han att han måste återvända till de sina. Men först måste han möta sin [...]