Rudyard Kipling: 844 books

Die späten Erzählungen von Kipling - zum ersten Mal auf Deutsch von Gisbert Haefs."Bewundernswert und verschwiegen hat er sich bis zum Ende immer wieder erneuert", schrieb Borges über die letzten Erzählungen von Kipling, der Meistererzähler, dessen Werk immer noch im Schatten des ›Dschungelbuchs‹...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Under the Deodars' is a disturbing, uncomfortable and unsettling read – as Kipling himself said, ‘it deals with things that are not pretty and ugliness can hurt’. For here, Kipling takes as his subject...

Harvey Cheyne is the over-indulged son of a millionaire. When he falls overboard from an ocean liner he is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman and, initially against his will, joins the crew of the We're Here for a summer.Through the medium of an exciting adventure story, Captains Courageous (1897)...

The Jungle Books can be regarded as classic stories told by an adult to children. But they also constitute a complex literary work of art in which the whole of Kipling's philosophy of life is expressed in miniature. They are best known for the `Mowgli' stories; the tale of a baby abandoned and brought...

Kim (1901) is one of Kipling's masterpieces. Through the story of the young orphan Kimball O'Hara, and his vocation in the Secret Service, Kipling presents a vivid picture of India, its teeming populations, religions, and superstitions, and the life of the bazaars and the road. ABOUT THE SERIES: For...

At the start of Captains Courageous, one of literature's most beloved stories of the sea, a spoiled rich boy is literally swept away — dashed overboard from an ocean liner. Luckily, young Harvey Cheyne is rescued by a passing fishing vessel. As it turns out, Harvey's apparent misfortune in...

«Il mio Demone era con me nei "Libri della Giungla", in "Kim" e nei due libri di Puck» dichiara Kipling nell’autobiografia. E dobbiamo credergli. Perché sono davvero le sue opere più ispirate: prova ne sia che sono anche le più amate dai lettori di ogni età e di ogni epoca....

A contemporary New York Times review of this 1896 collection of poetry praised Kipling's "immense rhythmic power. . . .  His preliminaries are always brief, but in the attack he carries all before him."  The book includes the poems, “The First Chantey,” “To the True Romance,” and “Sestina of the Tramp-Royal,” as well as a few of Kipling’s famous “Barrack-Room Ballads.”

Comment Mowgli arrive-t-il parmi les loups ? Quelles furent les discussions autour de son acceptation ? Quelle fut le rôle de Bagherra, de Baloo, d'Akela ? Pourquoi Mowgli aura-t-il toute sa vie un tabou alimentaire sur le boeuf ? Pourquoi Sher Kan devient-il son ennemi ? De quoi Kaa et Mowgli peuvent-ils...

The tales in the book are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families, and communities. Kipling put in them nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the...

Kipling viaja a Egipto y visita el Sudán entre invierno y primavera de 1913 movido por el deseo de "descubrir el sol", y los juegos de luces y sombras darán las páginas más llamativas de un texto que varias veces proporciona ejemplos modélicos de impresionismo literario y casi se diría que pictórico....

Considerada unánimemente como la obra maestra de Kipling, Kim narra la historia de un pillete huérfano de origen irlandés que, tras conocer a un lama tibetano, emprende un viaje a través de la India en el que tiene ocasión de entrar en contacto con multitud de personajes y ambientes. El joven...

Los mejores libros jamás escritos. «¡Quien pueda interpretar la causa de un acto está a medio camino de la libertad!» Obra maestra de Kipling y una de las grandes narraciones de todos los tiempos, Kim cuenta la historia de Kimball O'hara, a quien todos llaman Kim, huérfano de un...

Las construcciones del puente es la segunda entrega de la colección de relatos que Kipling agrupó bajo el título de El trabajo de cada día, y constituye un ciclo narrativo extraordinario por la exhaustividad y belleza del lenguaje y la magnitud literaria de la empresa, pues Kipling se propuso...