Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 245 g
Reihe: Oxford World's Classics
Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 245 g
Reihe: Oxford World's Classics
ISBN: 978-0-19-953647-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press
This collection brings together seventeen of Kipling's early stories, written between 1885 and 1888, when Kipling was working as a journalist in India. Wry comedies of British officialdom alternate with glimpses into the harsh lives of the common soldiers and the Indian poor, revealing Kipling's legendary powers of observation and, in 'Baa Baa, Black Sheep' his own miserable childhood.
From Mrs Hauksbee's Simla drawing-room to Mulvaney's cot in barracks, to the wild hills of Kafiristan, Kipling re-creates the India he knew in stories by turns ironic and sentimental, compassionate and bitter, displaying the brilliance that has captivated readers for over a century.
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Includes: The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes; The Phantom Rickshaw; The Hill of Illusion; Dray Wara Yow Dee; With the Main Guard; Baa, Baa, Black Sheep; At the Pit's Mouth; On the City Wall
