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Kim: Rudyard Kipling
$25.00Set in 19th century India, this is the tale of Kim - Kimball O'Hara - the orphaned son of an Irish soldier and a poor Irish mother who have both died in poverty. Living a vagabond existence in an India under British rule, Kim earns his living by begging and running small errands on the streets of Lahore. He befriends an aged Tibetan lama and accompanies him on a spiritual journey. He is also recruited by a native member of the British secret services as a spy but he is recognised by his late father's regimental chaplain and is sent to a good English school. Kim maintains contact with his secret service friends - and he will not only learn to serve his country, but also will learn to fulfil the lama's and his own dream of Enlightenment. -
This volume contains The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. Mowgli, a boy is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle with the help of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther, who teach him the "Law of the Jungle". Some years later, the wolf pack and Mowgli are threatened by the tiger Shere Khan. Mowgli brings fire, driving off Shere Khan but showing that he is a man and must leave the jungle. And this is just the first of these immortal tales of survival, abandonment, law and freedom. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
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The Seven Seas is a series of poems centred on Britain’s role in colonialism and Empire building. With reverberating lyrics and powerful imagery, Kipling writes of the ruthless means that were often employed to add nations to the glorious Empire, and the subsequent effects upon these colonised nations. Though disturbing and unsettling in theme, Kipling’s lyrical dexterity makes these poems strangely compelling reading.
