《丛林奇谭》是由鲁德亚德·吉卜林著作的故事集。本故事集第1次刊登在1893年至1894年的杂志上。原始的出版品包含了绘画图案,一些是由鲁德亚德的父亲,约翰·洛克伍德·吉卜林绘图。吉卜林出生于印度,并且在6岁之前也生活在印度。直到大约10年的英国生活后,他回到印度居住了大约6年半。当吉卜林居住于佛蒙特时,写下了这些故事。 …
How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told? Who invented reading and writing? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere? Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables he heard as a child in India, as well as on folk games with …
Kipling's epic rendition of the imperial experience in India is also his greatest long work. Two men - Kim, a boy growing into early manhood and the lama, an old ascetic priest - are fired by a quest. Kim is white, a sahib, although born in India. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism, he is also …