Редьярд Джозеф Киплинг

This tale was first published in The Week's News on 25 February 1888, and then included the same year in Volume 5 of the Indian Railway Library – The Phantom 'Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales. It was collected in Wee Willie Winkie and Other S…

"The Solid Muldoon" is an short story by Rudyard Kipling: There had been a royal dog-fight in the ravine at the back of the rifle-butts, between Learoyd's Jock and Ortheris's Blue Rot-both mongrel Rampur hounds, chiefly ribs and teeth.…

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 publish…

First published in In Black and White (Volume 3 of the Indian Railway Library) in January 1889, and collected in Soldiers Three and Other Stories in 1892. This many-layered tale is set in Lahore, where Lalun, a talented and beautiful courtesan, enter…

"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 T…

This story was first published in the Civil and Military Gazette on September 26th 1884, when Kipling was not yet nineteen, and collected in Plain Tales from the Hills in 1888, and in subsequent editions of this collection. It was his first short sto…

The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or «man-cub» Mowgli, who is raised in…

This tale was first published in «The Week's News» on 14 July, 1888, and collected in the Indian Railway Library No 1 and Soldiers Three in the same year. Mrs DeSussa, a wealthy Eurasian lady, has taken a fancy to the Colonel's wife's …

On the night before a British military parade for the Amir of Afghanistan, the army's working animals – mule, camel, horse, bullock, elephant – discuss what they do in battle and how they feel about their work. It is explained to the Afghans tha…

"The Finest Story in the World" is an short story by Rudyard Kipling: This story was first published in the Contemporary Review of July 1891. It includes the poem «Song of the Galley-slaves». The narrator meets a young bank clerk, Charlie Mears,…

«Вибрані твори» Редьярда Кіплінга – добірка, яка складається з двох віршів: «Якщо» та «Пісня Макдони»***. У них ліричний герой наголошує, що людство прийшло до духовного звиродніння, і лише той може зватися «Людиною», хто наділений моральними чеснота…

50 Meisterwerke Musst Du Lesen, Bevor Du Stirbst: Vol. 1 (Golden Deer Classics) <br/> Inhalt: <br/> Voltaire – Kandide oder Die beste aller Welten (1759) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – Die Leiden des jungen Werther (1774) Joseph von Eichendorff – Ahnun…

“Çok çok uzun zaman önce kuzum, filin hortumu yokmuş…” diye başlar “Kipling’den Sevilen Çocuk Hikâyeleri” kitabındaki hikâyelerden biri; böylece okuyucular kendini ona kaptırıverirler. Hikâyelerin büyülü ahengi ve samimi havası onları, yüksek sesle v…

Редьярд Кіплінг (1865—1936) – відомий англійський письменник і поет, лауреат Нобелівської премії з літератури. Тривалий час він жив в Індії, захоплювався індійськими сказаннями и переказами, вивчав різні індійські мови. Найвідоміший з його творів «Кн…