Rudyard Kipling. Collected works in 6 volumes

India, American seas and Old England across novels and stories

Joseph Rudyard Kipling is a classic of English literature, Nobel prize for literature in 1907. He owes his fame primarily romance, which is steeped in his poetry; it is one of the most popular British writers, had a strong influence on public opinion in Western countries.

Contents:

Volume 1
the novel "Kim" (1901), written by Kipling at the top and which is a kind of farewell speech, addressed to India, and a collection of short stories "the Three soldiers" dedicated to the "builders of Empire" - the common people in soldier's uniforms of the rank and file of the colonial army.

Volume 2
the novel "Brave sailors" (1897), one of the few works of the writer, which is based on American material: the story of the rebirth of the son of an American millionaire after talking with simple workers of the sea; largely autobiographical novel "the Light went out" (1890), dedicated to the life of a talented martial artist; as well as the short story "the Story Badlyi Herodsfoot". Creative manner of the writer is notable for its strict accuracy of prose, conciseness, brilliant style.

Volume 3
two "jungle Book", the most popular works of the writer, in the center of which the man-cub Mowgli, who grew up among animals, as well as a collection of short stories "mountain of India".

Volume 4
collections of short stories - "Rickshaw" Ghost written in the manner of "scary story" with the mysterious contents, is not inferior to the world the stories of Edgar Allan PoE; "Tales and legends" and "the Labors of the day" related to the best thing written by a master of fine realistic and fantastic short stories, owning besides a unique manner to talk with children.

Volume 5
the novel "Naulahka" (1891), which meets the exotic East and the American West, the novel tells the story of a quest for the legendary treasure Naoaki; and a collection of legends of the "Old England", national Foundation which, coupled with the traditional style of an old English essay reveal Kipling as a writer, inexhaustible in forms.

Volume 6
"Indian stories", the play "the Story of Gadsby, a compilation of the Most amazing story in the world and other stories". Complex and rich world of stories Kipling, which is, in fact, the encyclopedia plot experience the best of English and American story-tellers of the nineteenth century They have psihologicheski, innovation, consisting in the introduction of new layers of life into the fabric of the narrative, and a kind of naturalism.

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