Young Mowgli, the orphan-boy, wanders naked into the lair of a pack of wolves and is brought up by them. He learns the law of the jungle from his animal companions, in particular Baloo the bear, who teaches Mowgli his daily lesson, and Bagheera the black panther, who thinks of the man-cub as his pet. On the day that he kills the evil tiger, Shere Khan, however, he is no longer thought of as the 'little naked cub' but as a young man.
The stories are all narrated to two children living near Burwash, in the area of Kiplings own house Batemans, by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck, or told by Puck himself. (Puck, who refers to himself as "the oldest Old Thing in England", is better known as a character in William Shakespeares play A Midsummer Nights Dream.) The genres of particular stories range from authentic historical novella (A Centurion of the Thirtieth, On the Great Wall) to childrens fantasy (Dymchurch Flit). Each story is bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story.Donald Mackenzie, who wrote the introduction for the Oxford Worlds Classics edition of Puck of Pooks Hill in 1987, has described this book as an example of archaeological imagination that, in fragments, delivers a look at the history of England, climaxing with the signing of Magna Carta.Puck calmly concludes the series of stories: "Weland gave the Sword, The Sword gave the Treasure, and the Treasure gave the Law. Its as natural as an oak growing."
PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLSLISPETHTHREE ANDAN EXTRA.THROWN AWAY.MISS YOUGHALS SAIS.YOKED WITH AN UNBELIEVER.FALSE DAWN.THE RESCUE OF PLUFFLES.CUPIDS ARROWS.HIS CHANCE IN LIFE.WATCHES OF THE NIGHT.THE OTHER MAN.CONSEQUENCES.THE CONVERSION OF AURELIAN McGOGGIN.A GERM DESTROYER.KIDNAPPED.THE ARREST OF LIEUTENANT GOLIGHTLY.THE HOUSE OF SUDDHOOHIS WEDDED WIFE.THE BROKEN LINK HANDICAPPED.BEYOND THE PALE.IN ERROR.A BANK FRAUD.TODS AMENDMENT.IN THE PRIDE OF HIS YOUTH.PIG.THE ROUT OF THE WHITE HUSSARS.THE BRONCKHORST DIVORCE-CASE.VENUS ANNODOMINI.THE BISARA OF POOREE.THE GATE OF A HUNDRED SORROWS.THE STORY OF MUHAMMAD DIN.ON THE STRENGTH OF A LIKENESS.WRESSLEY OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE.BY WORD OF MOUTH.TO BE HELD FOR REFERENCE.THE LIGHT THAT FAILEDTHE STORY OF THE GADSBYSPOOR DEAR MAMMATHE TENTS OF KEDARWITH ANY AMAZEMENTTHE GARDEN OF EDENFATIMATHE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL.THE SWELLING OF JORDANBIMINAMGAY DOOLATHE RECRUDESCENCE OF IMRAYMOTI GUJMUTINEER ...
Harvey Cheyne es un niño rico de diez años que se aprovecha de su condición en el colegio en el que estudia. Suspendido por tratar de sobornar con dinero a un profesor para que le pusiera un examen mas facil, viaja hacia Londres junto a su padre, mas preocupado de sus negocios que de su hijo.En el barco en el que viajan, Harvey cae accidentalmente al mar y es recogido por el pescador portugues Manuel Fidello, que lo lleva a la goleta Were Here, capitaneada por el viejo lobo de mar Disko Troop. Alli debe pasar los tres siguientes meses hasta que el pesquero regrese a puerto.
From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Letters of Travel is a book containing Rudyard Kiplings articles about his 1889 travels from India to Burma, China, Japan, and the United States en route to Englan
AN HABITATION ENFORCEDTHE RECALLGARMA HOSTAGETHE POWER OF THE DOGTHE MOTHER HIVETHE BEES AND THE FLIESWITH THE NIGHT MAILTHE FOUR ANGELSA DEAL IN COTTONTHE NEW KNIGHTHOODTHE PUZZLER LITTLE FOXESGALLIOS SONGTHE HOUSE SURGEONTHE RABBIS SONG
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius, as distinct from fine intelligence, that I have ever known." In 1907, at the age of 42, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, both of which he declined.
El pequeño Mowgli está solo en la selva, pero una familia de lobos va a adoptarle. Cuando se haga mayor, Mowgli tendrá que enfrentarse a un enemigo atroz, el temible tigre Shere Khan, y enfrentarse a su destino de humano.Practica el ingles con este libro del nivel 3 de la coleccion de lecturas EASY READING.
