Two men - Kim, a boy growing into early manhood, and the lama, an old ascetic priest - are fired by a quest. Kim is white, although born in India. While he wants to play the Great Game of imperialism, he is also spiritually bound to the lama and he tries to reconcile these opposing strands.

The Jungle Books can be regarded as classic stories told by an adult to children. But they also constitute a complex literary work of art in which the whole of Kipling's philosophy of life is expressed in miniature. They are best known for the 'Mowgli' stories; the tale of a baby abandoned and brought up by wolves, educated in the ways and secrets of the jungle by Kaa the python, Baloo the bear, and Bagheera the black panther. The stories, a mixture of fantasy, myth, and magic, are underpinned by Kipling's abiding preoccupation with the theme of self-discovery, and the nature of the 'Law'.

Le livre de la jungle suivi du second livre de la jungle

On connaît sous le nom de Livre de la jungle les aventures du jeune Mowgli en dessin animé ou film. Mais l'ouvrage original de Rudyard Kipling regroupe en fait sept récits. Les trois premiers mettent en scène Mowgli, petit garçon volé dans un village par le tigre Shere Khan, sauvé par un clan de loups et pris sous leur protection par la panthère Bagheera et l'ours Baloo. Viennent ensuite les aventures de Kotick, le phoque blanc qui cherche pour ses semblables un lieu où les hommes ne pourront pas les massacrer ; de Rikki-tikki-tavi, adorable mangouste qui sauve son petit maître d'un terrible couple de cobras ; de Toomai, le petit cornac qui voulait voir danser les éléphants... L'auteur, conteur magnifique, grand amoureux et connaisseur de l'Inde et de la nature, propose un voyage fabuleux au coeur de la jungle, parmi les loups, les tigres et les éléphants. Dans son monde, les animaux parlent et font souvent montre de sagesse, parfois de cruauté, ils sont effrayants comme Kaa le serpent ou Shere Khan le tigre, attachants comme Rikki-tikki-tavi la mangouste... Kipling, dans un style sobre et élégant, raconte comme personne la magie et la poésie du pays où il a passé toute son enfance : impossible de résister au charme envoûtant de ses contes. --Pascale Wester

Le Livre de la jungle

In the beginning of years, when the world was so new and all, and the Animals were just beginning to work for Man, there was a Camel, and he lived in the middle of a Howling Desert because he did not want to work; and besides, he was a Howler himself. So he ate sticks and thorns and tamarisks and milkweed and prickles, most 'scruciating idle; and when anybody spoke to him he said 'Humph!' Just 'Humph!' and no more.

Presently the Horse came to him on Monday morning, with a saddle on his back and a bit in his mouth, and said, 'Camel, O Camel, come out and trot like the rest of us.'

'Humph!' said the Camel; and the Horse went away and told the Man.

Presently the Dog came to him, with a stick in his mouth, and said, 'Camel, O Camel, come and fetch and carry like the rest of us.'

'Humph!' said the Camel; and the Dog went away and told the Man.

Presently the Ox came to him, with the yoke on his neck and said, 'Camel, O Camel, come and plough like the rest of us.'

'Humph!' said the Camel; and the Ox went away and told the Man.

At the end of the day the Man called the Horse and the Dog and the Ox together, and said, 'Three, O Three, I'm very sorry for you (with the world so new-and-all); but that Humph-thing in the Desert can't work, or he would have been here by now, so I am going to leave him alone, and you must work double-time to make up for it.'

Just So Stories

The Jungle Book key characters are Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and Sher Khan, biggest tiger in India. As Baloo the sleepy brown bear, Bagheera the cunning black panther, Kaa the python, and his other animal friends teach their beloved “man-cub” the ways of the jungle, Mowgli gains the strength and wisdom he needs for his frightful fight with Shere Khan, the tiger who robbed him of his human family. But there are also the tales of Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose and his “great war” against the vicious cobras Nag and Nagaina; of Toomai, who watches the elephants dance; and of Kotick the white seal, who swims in the Bering Sea.

Le livre de la jungle

Le Livre De La Jungle

The jungle book

Histoires comme ça Tome 1 ; le commencement des tatous

Deux nouvelles ayant pour décor l'Inde et l'Afghanistan,où Kipling-avec l'art qui lui velut le Prix Nobel de littérature-décrit les conflits qui annoncet les fissures de l'Empire britannique:-The Stange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes/ L'étrange chevauchée de Morrobie Jukes-The Lost Legion/ La légion perdue

Kim

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