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«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....

Per Kipling tutte le epoche sono contemporanee. Gli eroi, i non-morti nel loro limbo storico, sono solo ibernati nel suolo inglese, e mondo minerale, vegetale e animale minacciano e soccorrono in modi e in misure sempre sorprendenti il dispotico ma fragile, avventizio artificio degli umani. Non per...

Kipling fu premio Nobel per la letteratura nel 1907 e deve la sua fama ad alcuni dei romanzi più famosi di un'epoca a cavallo tra la fine dell'Ottocento e la prima parte del Novecento. Ma fu anche autore di bellissimi racconti che, sia pure meno conosciuti, hanno avuto influenza su altri maestri...

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author).  *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience.  *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. Contents "The finest story in the world" -- With the...

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...

Die Abenteuer rund um Mogli, Toomai, Bagheera, Baloo, Shir Khan, die Schlange Kaa, die Elefanten und alle anderen Tiere in den Geschichten des Dschungelbuches ...

Ce recueil de nouvelles nous plonge, au travers de différents récits, au sein de l'armée des Indes et nous permet de vivre, en compagnie d'officiers et de jeunes gens cultivés, les anecdotes racontées dans un style direct et vigoureux pimenté d'argot militaire.Édition Ebooks libres et gratuits.

À quinze ans, Harvey Cheyne possède au suprême degré le don de se rendre antipathique. Les passagers du paquebot sur lequel a pris place ce fils d'un multi-millionnaire américain sont unanimes à lui reprocher son insolence prétentieuse. Harvey tombe par-dessus le bastingage. Est-ce pour lui...

The adventures of Mowgli, an abandoned man-cub who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle and many other tales in this book use animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give lessons. The other stories in this Fantastica edition include Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a heroic mongoose, and Toomai of the Elephants, the tale of a young elephant-handler.

The story unfolds against the backdrop of The Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. It is set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881. This spy and picaresque novel includes detailed portrait of the people, culture, and varied religions of India.

A selection of Kipling's ghost stories including: The Phantom 'Rickshaw, My Own True Ghost Story, The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes, The Man Who Would Be King, The Finest Story in the World.

A a young mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is adopted into a British family residing in India. After becoming friendly with some of the other creatures inhabiting the garden, Rikki is warned of two cobras Nag and Nagaina, who are angered by the family's presence on their territory.

Highly fantasised origin stories, especially for differences among animals, and accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is Kipling's 'How Fear Came,' included in 'The Second Jungle Book'.