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published
July 1st 1990
(first published 1966)
by Dover Publications
binding
Paperback, 74 pages
isbn
0486264718
(isbn13: 9780486264714)
description
Treasury of 44 poems evokes stirring images of British character and attitudes at the height of the Empire. "Gunga Din," "Danny Deever,...more
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
anyone who likes easily-readable poetry and can read in historical context
My girlfriend was suffering a migraine the other night, and I pulled this out to read to her; Kipling is unmatched at his command of the rhythms, sounds, and patterns of the English language. You absolutely have to read Kipling in the context of his times, but if you can manage to do that, an absolutely amazing progressive and universal light shines through his themes and his words ("nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, and every single one of them is right") . You might al...more
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Read in January, 1992
I am not the greatest fan of poetry, but I couldn't stop reading this one. A what a fan of gunga din I am!
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The first time I read The White Man's Burden I thought it was taking the piss. I still like to maintain this belief despite knowing it wasn't the intention. It's pretty funny.
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04/14/08
Nellie K.
marked it as to-read
I saw the movie Gunga Din and it was pretty good.
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