Rudyard Kipling - Libros y biografía

"The Brushwood Boy" tells the story of British army officer, George Cottar, following him from childhood and into his first posting to India. During his placement, Cottar keeps dreaming of a young girl...

"The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) is inspired by the real-life actions of James Brook, a British soldier who made himself Rajah of Sarawak (Borneo). In this short story, Kipling tells of two crook characters,...

In the realm of literature, Rudyard Kipling's "I Keep Six Honest Serving-men" stands as a timeless masterpiece. This captivating tale follows the journey of a young man who embarks on a quest for knowledge...

Just So stories is a classic of children's literature, and one of Rudyard Kipling's best known books. It was published in 1902, as a collection of the stories he told his daughter Josephine at bedtime;...

"Kim" is a fabulous adventure story set in India during the British Empire, around the time of the Second Afghan War. It tells the story of the street-wise orphan Kimball O'Hara, a highly moral Irish-Indian...

La panthère Bagheera découvre dans la jungle un jeune enfant abandonné. Elle décide de le confier à une famille de loups qui l'élève comme un louveteau. Alors que Mowgli a dix ans, le tigre Shere Kahn...

Le Livre de la Jungle est un recueil de nouvelles de Rudyard Kipling dont chacune raconte une histoire qui se passe dans la jungle, forêt de l'Inde où vivent des animaux sauvages typiques du pays, ainsi...

Charlemagne's wars in Italy, Spain and Saxony formed part of the common epic material, and there are references to his wars against the Slavs; but especially he remained in the popular mind as the great...

Some poems can really teach us something if we read carefully and understand the essence. This lyric poem by Kipling makes no difference. By reading it, a man can find some wise advice in it. The advice...

Un petit éléphant interroge tous ceux qu’il rencontre sur ce que mange le crocodile jusqu’à ce que, sans le savoir, il interroge le crocodile lui-même…Il était une fois un éléphanteau très curieux, qui...

De onde lle vén a chepa ó dromedario? Por que o elefante ten a trompa tan longa? E ó leopardo, como lle saíron esas manchas? A partir das historias que lle contaba á súa filla polas noites, Rudyard Kipling...

Unha manda de lobos protexe a Mowgli cando este apenas sabe camiñar. O pequeno aprenderá as leis que rexen a vida na selva da man de Baloo, un vello oso pardo que tamén lle ensina o valor da amizade.

Au pied de l'Himalaya, la petite ville de Simla accueille les Anglais civils ou militaires qui fuient la chaleur de l'été indien. Parties de chasse et tournois de tir à l'arc, flirts et histoires d'amour,...

In the heart of the British Empire, Rudyard Kipling's "The White Man's Burden" echoes through time. This powerful poem, a testament to the era of colonialism, explores the complex and often contradictory...

" Il fouilla dans l'épaisseur des loques qui entouraient sa taille tordue, retira un sac de crin noir bordé de fil d'argent, et en secoua sur la table la tête desséchée et flétrie de Daniel Davrot ! Le...

"La mia domenica in patria" è uno dei quattro racconti appartenenti alla raccolta "Il diavolo e l’abisso", dove emerge uno dei lati meno conosciuti e, tuttavia, estremamente originali di Rudyard Kipling,...

Rudyard Kipling est un des auteurs les plus populaires de la langue anglaise, le premier à recevoir le prix Nobel de littérature. Ses contes pour la jeunesse sont mondialement célèbres, du Livre de la...

An Adjutant-crane, a jackal and a giant crocodile are talking by the river, under a newly built railway bridge. The crocodile remembers the good old days, when he used to catch and devour the villagers...

Fleete is an Englishman who is traveling to India. Unfortunately, the poor man has no prior understanding or respect for Indian culture and ends up desecrating a holy statue in the local temple. Fleete...

After a passionate affair with Agnes Keith-Wessington, Jack Pansay wearies of her and becomes engaged to Miss Kitty Mannering. However, Wessington refuses to accept the rejection and reappears in Jack’s...

Quattro racconti – introvabili da tempo in Italia e mai raccolti insieme – caratterizzati da un preciso senso dell’avventura e da un graffiante umorismo venato di aspetti satirici. Uno dei lati meno noti...

Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan are two scruffy adventurers who are planning to conquer Kafiristan – a remote part of Afghanistan. The two men pretend to have signed a contract that neither of them...

Who could have known that when Rudyard Kipling wrote these Jungle Book stories in 1893-94, they would eventually inspire the Oscar nominated song "The Bare Necessities" – one of the most recognizable...

Captains Courageous is an 1897 novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen year old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. The novel originally appeared...

Era il 1902 quando Rudyard Kipling pubblicò questa serie di racconti per l'infanzia, nei quali  il tema  ricorrente è la fantasiosa origine di alcuni animali, ma anche della scrittura. Perché la pelle...

In the realm of imagination, where the boundaries of reality blur, Rudyard Kipling's "IF" emerges as a timeless masterpiece. This profound poem, a testament to human resilience and unwavering determination,...

´Imagine-toiqu‘au temps jadis, l‘Éléphant n‘avait pas de trompe. Il n‘avait qu‘un nez noiraud, courtaud, et gros comme une botte. Il pouvait bien le tortiller de droite et de gauche, mais non pas ramasser...

Puck of Pook's Hill is a children's book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of history. The stories are all told to two children living...

Helen Turrell is a young and well-off single woman, living a the countryside village. But one day, she decides to travel to southern France and returns home with a baby called Michael. Helen says that...

Kim é um órfão de origem inglesa que aprendeu a viver de acordo com os costumes da Índia. Quando seu caminho cruza o de um lama tibetano, ele o segue e o guia em sua busca por um riacho místico. Durante...