Rudyard Kipling
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"Mowgli, the man-cub who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. As he embarks on a series of thrilling escapades, Mowgli encounters such unforgettable creatures as Bagheera, the graceful black panther, and Shere Khan, the tiger with the blazing eyes." --
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"Plain Tales From the Hills" is a classic collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. Contained here in this volume are the following tales: Lispeth, Three and-an Extra, Thrown Away, Miss Youghal's Sais, 'Yoked with an Unbeliever', False Dawn, The Rescue of Pluffles, Cupid's Arrows, The Three Musketeers, His Chance in Life, Watches of the Night, The Other Man, Consequences, The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin, The Taking of Lungtungpen, A Germ-Destroyer,...
4) Stalky & Co
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English
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This 1899 semi-autobiographical collection of stories about boys at a British boarding school in North Devon focuses on three chums-the eponymous Stalky, McTurk, and Beetle-who were stand-ins for Kipling himself and his boyhood friends. Rowdy and amusing, the stories are among Kipling's freshest.
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First published in 1891, this work is Rudyard Kipling's semi-autobiographical first novel. Critics who had praised his Anglo-Indian short stories were shocked by the unhappy ending and deviation from his usual style. None, however, could deny the power of Kipling's writing. This is the story of war artist Dick Heldar, his doomed relationship with Maisie, and his descent into blindness. Through Dick, Kipling considers the relationship between Art and...
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1902.
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A collection of stories, drawn from the tales Kipling's Indian nurses told to him, in which Kipling creates the enchantment of the dawn of the world, when animals could talk and think like people. The laziness of the Camel, the curiosity of the Elephant Child, the cleverness of the hedgehog, the confusions of the Painted Jaguar and all the rest of Kipling's delightful menagerie come alive.
10) Indian tales
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Even if you're a die-hard fan of the Disney animated classic The Jungle Book, you may not know that the tales upon which the popular movie was based comprised a significant proportion of British author Rudyard Kipling's creative output. In addition to the Mowgli tales, Kipling composed dozens of other short stories about virtually every aspect of life in the jungle, the best of which are presented in this collection.
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Union Square Kids
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[2024]
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English
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"In the 'Jungle Book', a young, orphaned boy named Mowgli lives among the animals where the Law of the Jungle reigns supreme. 'Just So Stories' is a . . . collection of fables that imagines how the camel got his hump and how the alphabet was created"--Back cover.
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1920.
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Excerpt: "After the gloom of grey Atlantic weather, our ship came to America in a flood of winter sunshine that made unaccustomed eyelids blink, and the New Yorker, who is nothing if not modest, said, 'This isn't a sample of our really fine days. Wait until such and such times come, or go to such and a such a quarter of the city.' We were content, and more than content, to drift aimlessly up and down the brilliant streets, wondering a little why the...
