Frank Carlson Library

"Plain Tales From the Hills" is a classic collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. Contained here in this volume are the following tales: Lispeth, Three and-an Extra, Thrown Away, Miss Youghal's Sais, 'Yoked with an Unbeliever', False Dawn, The Rescue of Pluffles, Cupid's Arrows, The Three Musketeers, His Chance in Life, Watches of the Night, The Other Man, Consequences, The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin, The Taking of Lungtungpen, A Germ-Destroyer,...

"The Man Who Would be King and Other Stories" is a classic collection of some of the most loved short stories of Rudyard Kipling, one of the most important and accomplished English authors of the twentieth century. The youngest winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature at age 42 in 1907, Kipling, who was born in India in 1865, captured in his writing the British Empire in all of its glory and contradiction in unparalleled detail and nuance. Contained...

Published in 1909, this collection of short stories and poetry features some of Kipling's most imaginative tales, including "An Habitation Enforced," the proto-steampunk "With the Night Mail," and "The Puzzler." As the New York Times reviewer wrote of this collection, "the mastery and wizardry . . . have not . . . failed or faded."

Twelve stories about animals, insects, and other subjects include "How the Camel Got His Hump." "The Butterfly That Stamped," and "How the Alphabet Was Made."

Inhalt: Das Dschungelbuch: Moglis Brüder Jagdgesang des Sioni-Rudels Kaas Jagdtanz Wanderlied des Affenvolkes "Tiger-Tiger!" Moglis Siegeslied Die weiße Robbe Lukannon Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Darsies Siegesgesang Toomai, der Liebling der Elefanten Schiwa und die Heuschrecke Das neue Dschungelbuch: Wie Angst kam Das Gesetz der Dschungel Das Wunder des Purun Baghat Ein Sang des Kabir Die Dschungel los! Moglis Gesang wider die Menschen Die Leichenbestatter Lied...

This book is the further adventures of Mowgli. It describes how his biological parents were ostracized by their village for their connection to a demon child, and recounts how Mowgli leads his wolf-brothers into a fight with the red dogs.

Indian Tales by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of short stories told by the indigenous as well as the tourist invaders. Kipling's vignettes of life in British India give vivid insights into Anglo-India at work and play, and into the character of the Indians themselves. The language is rough and rude, but reflects the world that it was. The stories, characters, situations, portrayals, dialogues are fresh, rich and funny, even though they were written...

Tales from India presents the very best of Kipling's short stories. His vignettes of life in British India give vivid insights into Anglo-India at work and play, and into the character of the Indians themselves. Witty, wry, sometimes cynical, these tales with their brevity and concentration of effect are landmarks in the history of the short story as an art-form. Politics, the Raj, and the life of the common soldier are some of the familiar themes...

The complete horror, dark fantasy, and psychological suspense stories of Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling, a major figure of English literature, used the full power and intensity of his imagination and writing ability in his excursions into fantasy. Kipling is considered one of England's greatest writers, but was born in Bombay. He was educated in England and returned to India in 1882, where he began writing fantasy and supernatural stories set

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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 Bazillentöter Entführt 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...