The Brothers of the Trinity order that none unconnected with their service shall be found in or on one of their Lights during the hours of darkness; but their servants can be made to think otherwise. If you are fair-spoken and take an interest in their duties, they will allow you to sit with them through the long night and help to scare the ships into mid-channel...
Kipling, who as a novelist dramatized the ambivalence of the British colonial experience, was born of English parents in Bombay and as a child knew Hindustani better than English. He spent an unhappy period of exile from his parents (and the Indian heat) with a harsh aunt in England, followed by the public schooling that inspired his"Stalky"stories. He returned to India at 18 to work on the staff of the Lahore Civil and Military Gazette and rapidly became a prolific writer. His mildly satirical work won him a reputation in England, and he returned there in 1889.
From the author of the Jungle Books comes this collection of short works, including"The Disturber of Traffic,""A Conference of the Powers,""My Lord the Elephant,""His Private Honour,"and many more. Originally published in 1893.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Maxtor
ISBN: 9788490019276
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 350
Tiempo de lectura:
7h 13m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 21/12/2015
Año de edición: 2015
Plaza de edición: España
Peso: 310.0 gr
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Rudyard Kipling
(Bombay, 1865 - Londres, 1936) escribió relatos, ensayos, novelas y poesía. Iniciado en la masonería a los veinte años, en la logia Esperanza y Perseverancia nº 782 de Lahore, Punyab, India, su literatura abarca todos los territorios y géneros, pero principalmente en sus primeros años arroja luz sobre la colonización inglesa de la India. Rechazó el Premio Nacional de Poesía y en tres ocasiones la Orden del Mérito del Reino Unido, que conlleva el título de Sir, lo que contradice su supuesto imperialismo colonial. Aceptó, sin embargo, el Premio Nobel en 1907. Entre sus obras aparecen libros de relatos como "Por el bien de la humanidad", "El hándicap de la vida" (1891) y las novelas "La luz que se apaga" (1891), "Capitanes intrépidos" (1896) y "Kim" (1901). Su autobiografía, "Algo de mí mismo" (1937), se publicó un año después de su muerte.