The text for Kim can be found here. Kim is the coming of age story of a 13 year-old orphaned boy, whose father was a British soldier. Kim’s fortune was foretold by his father: The third [document left at Kim’s father’s death] was Kim’s birth-certificate. Those things, he was used to say, in his glorious […]
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Project Gutenberg e-texts Wikipedia entry on Kilping The New Readers’ Guide to the works of Rudyard Kipling (created by The Kipling Society) The Victorian Website page on Kipling Most of these sites have additional links and resources listed, as well as several links to Kipling’s works online. There is a wealth of material available! The […]
Text can be found here.There is so much that can be written about with any book or short story, yet the hard part is choosing what to point out. While there are many more thoughts on the works I read, I’m trying to keep the posts relatively short compared to what I could cover. If […]
The text can be found here. This short story presents a very complex look at India and 19th century British rule. There is a lengthy discourse early in the tale which includes this passage: Gentlemen come from England, spend a few weeks in India, walk round this great Sphinx of the Plains, and write books […]
As things are straightening out regarding work and home, I’m hoping to start posting again on the books I read. Since I was essentially the only one posting, I’ll start back with the direction I would like to go. I tend to immerse myself in certain eras and read a handful in a row from […]