Rudyard Kipling

Kim is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling. It was first published serially in McClure's Magazine from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Cassell's Magazine from January to November 1901, and first published in book form by Macmillan & Co. Ltd in October 1901. The story unfolds against the backdrop of The Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The novel made the term "Great Game" popular and introduced the theme of great power rivalry and intrigue.

The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, also known as The Phantom 'Rickshaw & other Eerie Tales, is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling, first published in 1888. Includes the following short stories: 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.

The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont. All of the stories were previously published in magazines in 1894-5, often under different titles. The book is less well-known than the original.

The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling. The tales in the book (and also those in The Second Jungle Book which followed in 1895, and which includes five further stories about Mowgli) 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 Indian jungle."

Kim, aka Kimball O'Hara, is the orphan son of a British soldier and a half-caste opium addict in India. While running free through the streets of Lahore as a child he befriends a British secret service agent. Later, attaching himself to a Tibetan Lama on a quest to be freed from the Wheel of Life, Kim becomes the Lama's disciple, but is also used by the British to carry messages to the British commander in Umballa. Kim's trip with the Lama along the Grand Trunk Road is only the first great adventure in the novel...

"The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) is a story by Rudyard Kipling about two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. The story was first published in The Phantom Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales (1888). It also appeared in Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories (1895), and numerous later editions of that collection. It has been adapted for other media a number of times.

Capitaines courageux, une histoire du banc de Terre-Neuve (en anglais Captains Courageous), la plupart du temps abr g Capitaines courageux, est un roman crit en 1897 par Rudyard Kipling et d crivant la rencontre d'un fils de millionnaire de 14 ans, Harvey Cheyne, avec des p cheurs du banc de Terre-Neuve. Il tombe l'eau lors d'une travers e de l'Atlantique et est recueilli par les p cheurs. Il apprend alors leur m tier et finit par retrouver sa famille, qui le croyait noy .

This edition contains the original and unabridged text." The Man Who Would Be King", by Rudyard Kipling, tells the story of two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. The story was first published in The Phantom Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales. It also appeared in Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories (1895), and numerous later editions of that collection. It has been adapted for other media a number of times.

The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont. All of the stories were previously published in magazines in 1894-5,

Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to his daughter Josephine. These had to be told "just so" (exactly in the words she was used to) or she would complain. The stories describe how one animal or another acquired its most distinctive features, such as how the Leopard got his spots. For the book, Kipling illustrated the stories himself.

Captains Courageous is an 1897 novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the north Atlantic. The novel originally appeared as a serialisation in McClure's, beginning with the November 1896 edition. In 1900, in his essay "What We Can Expect of the American Boy," Teddy Roosevelt extolled the book and praised Kipling for describing "in the liveliest way just what a boy should be and do."

Le Storie proprio cos (Just So Stories for Little Children) una raccolta di racconti per l'infanzia dello scrittore inglese Rudyard Kipling. Esse costituiscono dei fantasiosi miti delle origini, e sono fra le opere pi conosciute di Kipling.

"The Absent-Minded Beggar" is an 1899 poem by Rudyard Kipling, set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Sullivan was an English composer best known for his comic musical opera collaborations with the librettist W. S. Gilbert. His works also include 23 operas, 13 major orchestral works, eight choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous hymns and church pieces. Classic Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.

Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) war ein britischer Schriftsteller und Dichter. Er gilt als wesentlicher Vertreter der Kurzgeschichte und als hervorragender Erz hler. Seine Kinderb cher geh ren zu den Klassikern des Genres. In seine "Schlichte Geschichten aus Indien," berlieferte er der Nachwelt wundersch ne Geschichten aus dem anglo-indischen Milieu und machte sich einen Namen als Autor von Abenteuergeschichten. Inhalt: - Lispeth - Drei Walzer - - und eine Extratour - Vergeudet - Miss Youghals Sais - Im Joch - Zwielicht - Pluffles' Befreiung - Amors Pfeile - Die drei Musketiere - Der Wendepunkt - Uhren - Der Andere - Folgen - Die Bekehrung Aurelian Mc. Goggins - Die Einnahme von Lungtungpen - Der Bazillent ter - Entf hrt - Die Verhaftung des Leutnants Golightly - Im Hause Suddhoos - Seine Ehefrau - Der Rekordbrecher - Jenseits - Irrungen - Ein Bankbetrug - Toddy's Antrag - Die Tochter des Regiments - In der Bl te seiner Jugend - Schweine - Die Flucht der Wei en Husaren - Die Bronckhorst'sche Scheidung - Venus Annodomini - Der Bisara von Pooree - Meines Freundes Freund - Das Tor der hundert Leiden - Der Wahnsinn des Gemeinen Ortheris - Die Geschichte von Muhammad Din - Auf Grund einer hnlichkeit - Wressley vom Ausw rtigen Amt - Eine m ndliche Botschaft - Ad acta zu legen

The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling. The tales in the book (and also those in The Second Jungle Book which followed in 1895, and which includes five further stories about Mowgli) 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 Indian jungle."

Der Roman Erloschenes Licht erschien 1890. Der Gro teil der Handlung spielt in London, Teile sind aber auch in Indien und im Sudan angesiedelt. Erz hlt wird die traurige Geschichte des K nstlers Dick Heldar, der nach einem Krieg im Sudan, der ihm eine Augenverletzung einbrachte, in den 1890er Jahren nach England zur ckkehrt. Nun widmet er sich wieder der Malerei. Mit seinen realistischen Landschaftsbildern aus dem Sudan kann er aber nicht genug verdienen. Daher malt er auch romantische Portr ts, die mehr einbringen. Da sein Augenlicht immer schw cher wird, beschlie t er, sein Meisterwerk, das Gem lde Melancholia, noch zu vollenden, bevor die vollst ndige Erblindung das Malen unm glich macht. Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) war ein britischer Schriftsteller und Dichter. Er gilt als wesentlicher Vertreter der Kurzgeschichte und als hervorragender Erz hler. Seine Kinderb cher geh ren zu den Klassikern des Genres.

Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) war ein britischer Schriftsteller und Dichter. Er gilt als wesentlicher Vertreter der Kurzgeschichte und als hervorragender Erz hler. Seine Kinderb cher geh ren zu den Klassikern des Genres. Ende des 19. und Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts geh rte Kipling zu den popul rsten englischen Schriftstellern. Inhalt: - Wie das Alphabet erfunden wurde - Wie der erste Brief geschrieben wurde - Der Elefantenjunge - Der Ursprung der G rteltiere - Das Lied des alten K ngurumannes - Wie das Kamel zu seinem H cker kam - Die Katze, die frei umherstreifte - Die Krabbe, die mit dem Meer spielte - Wie der Leopard zu seinen Flecken kam - Wie das Rhinozeros zu seiner Haut kam - Der Schmetterling, der aufstampfte - Wie der Wal zu seinem Rachen kam