THE JUNGLE BOOK
A classic story of friendship between man and beast. Saved from the jaws of the evil tiger Shere Khan, young Mowgli is adopted by a wolf pack and taught the law of the jungle by lovable old Baloo the bear and Bhageera the panther. The adventures of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the snake-fighting mongoose, little Toomai and the elephant's secret dance, and Kotick the white seal are all part of Mowgli's extraordinary journey with his animal friends. Brilliantly introduced by bestselling author, Christopher Paolini.
RUDYARD KIPLING
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, to British parents on December 30, 1865. In 1871 Rudyard and his sister, Trix, aged three, were left to be cared for by a couple in Southsea, England. Five years passed before he saw his parents again. His sense of desertion and despair were later expressed in his story "Baa Baa, Black Sheep" 1888 , in his novel The Light That Failed 1890 , and in his autobiography, Something of Myself 1937 . As late as 1935, Kipling still spoke bitterly of the "House of Desolation" at Southsea: "I should like to burn it down and plough the place with salt." Kipling and his wife settled in Brattleboro, Vermont, where Kipling wrote The Jungle Book 1894 , The Second Jungle Book 1895 , and most of Captains Courageous 1897 . By this time Kipling's popularity and financial success were enormous. In 1899 the Kiplings settled in Sussex, England, where he wrote some of his best books: Kim 1901 , Just So Stories 1902 , and Puck of Pook's Hill 1906 . In 1907 he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. By the time he died, on January 18, 1936, critical opinion was deeply divided about his writings, but his books continue to be read by thousands.
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KIPLING RUDYARD
Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 nació en Bombay en diciembre de 1865. Regresó a la India desde Inglaterra poco antes de cumplir diecisiete años para trabajar como periodista, primero en la Gaceta Civil y Militar de Lahore y luego en el Pioneer de Allahabad. Los poemas y relatos que escribió durante los siete años siguientes sentaron las bases de su reputación literaria, y poco después de su regreso a Londres en 1889, alcanzó fama mundial. A lo largo de su vida, sus obras gozaron de gran reconocimiento y popularidad, pero sus opiniones políticas lo hicieron cada vez más controvertido, y ha sido difícil emitir juicios literarios sin prejuicios partidistas.
