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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi & Toomai of the Elephants
The story of the mongoose combatting the cobras in the garden and the story of Toomai, an Indian boy who rode elephants.
- GenresShort Stories
Paperback
Published December 1, 2003
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Rudyard Kipling
7,056 books3,656 followersJoseph Rudyard Kipling was a journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.
Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). His poems include Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The Gods of the Copybook Headings (1919), The White Man's Burden (1899), and If— (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".
Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, at the age of 41, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, both of which he declined.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author."
Kipling kept writing until the early 1930s, but at a slower pace and with much less success than before. On the night of 12 January 1936, Kipling suffered a haemorrhage in his small intestine. He underwent surgery, but died less than a week later on 18 January 1936 at the age of 70 of a perforated duodenal ulcer. Kipling's death had in fact previously been incorrectly announced in a magazine, to which he wrote, "I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers."
Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). His poems include Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The Gods of the Copybook Headings (1919), The White Man's Burden (1899), and If— (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".
Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, at the age of 41, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, both of which he declined.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author."
Kipling kept writing until the early 1930s, but at a slower pace and with much less success than before. On the night of 12 January 1936, Kipling suffered a haemorrhage in his small intestine. He underwent surgery, but died less than a week later on 18 January 1936 at the age of 70 of a perforated duodenal ulcer. Kipling's death had in fact previously been incorrectly announced in a magazine, to which he wrote, "I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers."
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November 15, 2022
* Rikki-tikki Tavi 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 loved this short story about the cute but fierce young mongoose, Rikki-tikki Tavi ❤️😁 who is playful and skillful, and defeats a pair of cobra, and moves in with some humans to mutual benefit (his mum had told him how to seize opportunities around white folk).
* Toomai of the Elephants was a very different story, and reads abit dry and more like an educational story about elephants in India, and their experience under British colonial occupation.
the story focuses on an elephant named Kala Naag, and Toomai the (older and) younger who work with him. too many humans and British colonial racism for me, but I enjoyed the elephants getting together in the forest at night to dance 🙂🌟🌳🐘🐘🌳🌛
I accessed these stories as an audiobook from the library, under the title 'Stories from the Jungle Book'.
* Toomai of the Elephants was a very different story, and reads abit dry and more like an educational story about elephants in India, and their experience under British colonial occupation.
the story focuses on an elephant named Kala Naag, and Toomai the (older and) younger who work with him. too many humans and British colonial racism for me, but I enjoyed the elephants getting together in the forest at night to dance 🙂🌟🌳🐘🐘🌳🌛
I accessed these stories as an audiobook from the library, under the title 'Stories from the Jungle Book'.
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July 2, 2020
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November 25, 2014
I Love this one! who can say no to rikki tikki tavi
September 18, 2015
Fantastic
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