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The Man Who Would Be King follows two British adventurers who set out to conquer a remote region of Afghanistan, declaring themselves kings. But their arrogance and ambition lead to a dramatic and tragic downfall. A powerful commentary on imperialism and human greed, this classic tale is filled with intrigue and adventure.

A selection of stories to soothe children to sleep.

From Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling and narrated by Phillip J. Mather, we learn the Camel has a hump given to him by a djinn as punishment for the camel's refusing to work (the hump allows the camel to work longer between times of eating).

This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers as diverse as Rudyard Kipling, Guy De Maupassant, Edgar Allan Poe, Arnold Bennett, Daniel Defoe, Edith Nesbit and M.R. James. These tales are designed to unsettle you, just a little, while you sit back, and take in their words as they lead you on a walk to places you’d perhaps rather not visit on your own. Our stories include "My Own True Ghost Story" by Rudyard Kipling, "The Horla" by Guy De Maupassant, and more.

Have you got your teddy? Settle down for bedtime this Easter with a collection of enchanting short stories and fairy tales.

A terrifying collection of classic werewolf stories, ranging from ancient legends to Victorian and Edwardian adaptations on the theme. •Gabriel-Ernest by Saki •The Wolf by Guy de Maupassant •The Werewolf by Eugene Field •The Other Side by Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock •The Werewolves by Henry Beaugrand •Jean Grenier the French Werewolf by Sabine Baring-Gould •The Man-Wolf by Leitch Ritchie •The She-Wolf by Saki •The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling

Découvrez l'ouvrage original de Rudyard Kipling. Sept récits constituent ce premier livre ; Mowgli est le héros de trois d'entre elles.

Here are some truly spooky stories, given a spine-tingling read by Richard Pasco. The stories include "The Mark of the Beast" by Rudyard Kipling, "Aurelia" by E.T.A. Hoffmann, "Ligeia" by Edgar Allan Poe, "Mrs. Amworth" by E.F. Benson, and "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker.

Enchanting, tragic, and hilarious fairy tales for adults and children grace these pages. An initial glance might lead you to assume that these are satirical versions of classic Christmas ghost stories. However, beneath the humorous stories involving ghosts, repentant sinners, miracles, and good peasants who find well-deserved happiness, lies a psychological undercurrent that sharpens the sense of intrigue and plot movement. Often this is aided by the unrelenting social exposure of the authors who always understood how intangible the "bourgeois paradise" truly was.

Die Gruselkabinett Box 36 beinhaltet die Hörspiele "Der Judas-Kuss", "Das Zeichen der Bestie", "Der Wolverden-Turm", "Der gewaltige Gott Pan".

En español neutro, narrado por un humano selección de cuentos cortos clásicos de la literatura universal pensada para todo público.

Un escritor consagrado conoce a un muchacho con aspiraciones literarias, pero con talento escaso. Al hacerse amigos, el escritor descubre que el muchacho tiene visiones de sus vidas pasadas: es un esclavo griego, un remero de galeotes y el ayudante de un vikingo aguerrido. Al protagonista no le queda más que imponerse a una tarea sagrada: escribir «el cuento más hermoso del mundo». Fábula encantadora sobre el conocimiento y la vocación literaria, y una de las grandes joyas de Rudyard Kipling, uno de los mejores escritores ingleses del siglo XX.

Mowgli's wolf pack is threatened by a pack of rampaging wild dogs. Mowgli asks Kaa the python to help him devise a plan to defeat them.

Kipling’s classic tale taken from the Just So Stories. Neolithic cave girl Taffy and her father work out a new way of passing on messages - and find that they have invented the alphabet.

The role of Fathers has changed much over the course of centuries. Men are now better suited to a role of co-parent in this modern age rather than the stilted, slightly aloof figure of times past. Being a Father is, of course, both a blessing and a burden. This modern day parenting in a frenetic fast changing world has to be both learnt and adapted from some inner well of memory from generations past as well as on the job experience.

"Georgie Porgie" de Rudyard Kipling es una historia corta que sigue las desventuras de Georgie Porgie, un joven con predilección por las travesuras. A pesar de su comportamiento encantador, las acciones de Georgie Porgie a menudo generan caos y problemas para quienes lo rodean. A través de una serie de anécdotas humorísticas, Kipling explora las consecuencias del comportamiento impulsivo de Georgie Porgie y las lecciones que aprende a lo largo del camino. Desde provocar problemas en la escuela hasta causar estragos en su vecindario, las escapadas de Georgie Porgie son entretenidas e instructivas y ofrecen a los lectores una visión alegre del mundo de las travesuras infantiles. Con su prosa ingeniosa y personajes entrañables, "Georgie Porgie" es una historia encantadora que recuerda a los lectores las alegrías y los desafíos de crecer.

As the invention of the automobile enabled quicker travel and enhanced the lives of the early motorists, it also gave new impetus to a generation of story writers. Automobiles were unusual, unfamiliar beasts. They combined speed and danger with an uncanny ability to break down at unexpected moments, catapulting the unhappy traveller into new adventures, or thusting mystery strangers onto the inhabitants of remote houses.

It was seven o'clock on a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws, one after the other, to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips. Mother Wolf lay with her big gray nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs, and the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived.

"They", published in 1905, is a somber short story that recalls a tragedy of Kipling's own life - the sudden death of his daughter, Josephine.

The White Seal is a short story by the Nobel Prize-winning British author Rudyard Kipling. It first appeared in print in the August 1893 issue of the London-based magazine National Review. It was published again in 1894 as part of the anthology The Jungle Book. Unusually for a story in The Jungle Book, none of the action in The White Seal takes place in India. The story proper begins on an island in the Bering Sea between Russia and Alaska. The title character and protagonist, Kotick, is the first white seal ever to have been born on the island.