Kipling's epic rendition of the imperial experience in India is also his greatest long work. 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. A celebration of their friendship in an often hostile environment, Kim captures the opulence of India's exotic landscape, overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj.
Savez-vous pourquoi le chameau a une bosse ? Pourquoi la fourrure du léopard est tachetée ? Et d'où vient le nom du tatou ? En écrivant les "Histoires comme ça" pour sa fille, Kipling fait revivre les temps immémoriaux où l'humanité n'en était qu'à ses débuts, où les animaux commençaient à peine à être domestiqués, où l'on se fiait aux signes et où l'on employait, parce qu'on les connaissait d'instinct, des formules magiques.
Découvrez ces petits contes des origines magnifiquement illustrés par Kipling pour enchanter petits et grands.
C'est une collection de premières lectures illustrées et tout en anglais, avec un lexique en fin d'ouvrage. Chaque titre est réalisé avec le concours d'un enseignant.
Dans chaque ouvrage :
La présentation des personnages Un coup de pouce en français pour démarrer la lecture L'histoire illustrée rédigée tout en anglais des aventures de Mowgli.
Un lexique en fin d'ouvrage avec la phonétique des mots A télécharger :
Une version audio, téléchargeable gratuitement sur le site Larousse Des fiches d'exercices à destination des enseignants à télécharger sur l'espace enseignant du site
Deux nouvelles ayant pour décor l'Inde et l'Afghanistan, où Kipling - avec l'art qui lui valut le Prix Nobel de littérature - décrit les conflits qui annoncent les fissures de l'Empire britannique.
The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes / L'étrange chevauchée de Morrowbie Jukes : Un jeune ingénieur anglais pourra-t-il s'échapper du village secret où sont jetés et oubliés les morts vivants ? The Lost Legion / La légion perdue : Les soldats britanniques face aux revenants, aux superstitions et aux mollahs afghans.
Just so stories, l'oeuvre phare de Rudyard Kipling pourra être lue par tous les apprenants en anglais, et notamment des élèves de 6e, grâce à :- Un texte synthétique adapté par des enseignants, accompagné par de très belles illustrations- Un lexique anglais-français en fin d'ouvrage pour mieux comprendre le texte- Une version audio pour savourer toute la musicalité de la langue anglaise et s'imprégner du bon accent dès la classe de 6e.- Des fiches pédagogiques photocopiables pour les enseignants pour proposer aux élèves des activités ludiques liées à l'histoire.
A beautiful new clothbound edition of Kipling's much-loved classic, which contains an additional story, }In The Rukh{, featuring Mowgli as a young man.
Biographical noteRudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865. In 1882 Kipling started work as a journalist in India, and while there produced a body of work, stories, sketches and poems - notably Plain Tales from the Hills (1888) - which made him an instant literary celebrity when he returned to England in 1889. His most famous works include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901) and the Just So Stories (1902). Kipling refused to accept the role of Poet Laureate and other civil honours, but he was the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize, in 1907. He died in 1936.Jan Montefiore has taught at the University of Kent since 1978, where she is now Professor of 20th Century English Literature. She is the author of Men and Women Writers of the 1930s (1996); Arguments of Heart and Mind:Selected Essays 1977-2000 (2002); Feminism and Poetry (3rd edition, 2004); and Rudyard Kipling (2007). Kaori Nagai is a Research Associate at the University of Kent and author of Empire of Analogies (2006). She has also introduced Kobo Abe's Face of Another and Kipling's Plain Tales from the Hills for Penguin. Main descriptionThe story of the man-cub Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, guided by his mentors Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and the ancient python Kaa, and who confronts his arch-enemy Shere Khan the tiger, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. Mowgli's adventures are juxtaposed with other animal stories set in the British Empire, ranging from the heroic battle of 'Rikki-tikki-tavi' and the Himalayan pastoral 'Purun Bhagat' to the drama of survival in 'The White Seal'. With The Jungle Books Rudyard Kipling drew on ancient beast fables, Buddhist philosophy and memories of his Anglo-Indian upbringing to create a rich, symbolic portrait of man and nature, and an eternal classic of childhood that has had a lasting impact on our imaginations.Part of a series of new editions of Kipling's works in Penguin Classics, this volume contains a General Preface by Jan Montefiore and an introduction by Kaori Nagai discussing the many imperial, Indian and literary contexts of The Jungle Books.
Presents the tales of whales and cats and kangaroos and crabs. This book includes stories ranging from how the camel got in a humph (and got his hump!) to how the alphabet was invented.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is often regarded as the unofficial Laureate of the British Empire. This selection of his poetry shows the development of Kipling's talent, his deepening maturity, and the growing sombreness of his poetic vision. It ranges from "Mandalay" and "Gunga Din", to "If" and "Epitaphs of the War".
Biographical noteRUDYARD KIPLING was born in Bombay in 1865. In 1871 he was brought home from India and spent five unhappy years with a foster family in Southsea, an experience he later drew on in The Light That Failed (1890). In 1882 Kipling started work as a journalist in India, and while there produced a body of work, stories, sketches and poems - notably Plain Tales from the Hills (1888) - which made him an instant literary celebrity when he returned to England in 1889. His most famous works include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901) and the Just So Stories (1902). Kipling refused to accept the role of Poet Laureate and other civil honours, but he was the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize, in 1907. He died in 1936.JAN MONTEFIOIRE was born in 1948 and educated at Oxford. Since 1978 she has taught at the University of Kent, where she is now Professor of 20th Century English Literature. She is the author of Men and Women Writers of the 1930s (1996); Arguments of Heart and Mind:Selected Essays 1977-2000 (2002); Feminism and Poetry (3rd edition, 2004); and Rudyard Kipling (2007). She lives in Canterbury. Main descriptionRudyard Kipling is one of the most magical storytellers in the English language. This new selection brings together the best of his short writings, following the development of his work over fifty years. They take us from the harsh, cruel, vividly realized world of the 'Indian' stories that made his name, through the experimental modernism of his middle period to the highly-wrought subtleties of his later pieces. Including the tale of insanity and empire, 'The Man Who Would Be King', the high-spirited 'The Village that Voted the Earth Was Flat', the fable of childhood cruelty and revenge 'Baa Baa, Black Sheep', the menacing psychological study 'Mary Postgate' and the ambiguous portrayal of grief and mourning in 'The Gardener', here are stories of criminals, ghosts, femmes fatales, madness and murder.
Cette nouveauté du mois de février 2013 est le onzième titre d'une collection bilingue intitulée « Progressez en anglais grâce à . ». Cette collection présente la particularité de proposer la version anglaise et française des textes sur une seule et même page et non pas, contrairement à l'usage quasi-général, sur deux pages différentes. L'expérience montre pourtant que cette présentation facilite grandement la comparaison des textes anglais et français par rapport à l' « aller-retour visuel » qu'impose la présentation traditionnelle sur deux pages différentes (anglais à gauche, français à droite).
L'autre grande novation de cette collection consiste à mettre gratuitement (sur notre site Internet) à la disposition des lecteurs l'enregistrement sonore intégral des textes en langue anglaise.
Rudyard KIPLING, premier écrivain de langue anglaise à avoir reçu le prix Nobel de littérature.
C'était en 1907 et il reste à ce jour le plus jeune écrivain (42 ans à l'époque) à avoir connu cet honneur.
Vingt ans plus tôt, il avait écrit « L'homme qui voulut être roi », un ouvrage souvent considéré comme une parfaite illustration de ce que fut l'esprit colonial britannique et qui nous emmène aux confins de l'Afghanistan, une région toujours tragiquement présente dans l'actualité du 21ème siècle.
Comme pour tous les livres de la collection, les enregistrements sonores de l'intégralité des textes anglais sont disponibles gratuitement sur notre site Internet, ce qui permet au lecteur d'améliorer sa prononciation en même temps que sa connaissance de la langue anglaise.
Plain Tales from the Hills, Rudyard Kipling's first collection of short stories, established his reputation and brought India to the British imagination. Including the stories 'Lispeth', 'Beyond the Pale' and 'In the Pride of His Youth', they tell of soldiers, wise children, exiles, forbidden romances and divided identities, creating a rich portrait of Anglo-Indian society. Originally published for a newspaper in Lahore when Kipling was a journalist, the tales were later revised by him to re-create as vividly as possible the sights and smells of India for readers at home. Far from being a celebration of empire, these stories explore the barriers between races, classes and sexes, and convey all the tensions and contradictions of colonial life.
. How Fear Came Comment naquit la peur La loi de la jungle impose la trêve de l'eau lorsque survient la sécheresse. Nul alors ne peut tuer quand tous souffrent ensemble. Une nuit, Hahti l'éléphant raconta au Peuple de la Jungle comment, à la suite du premier meurtre commis par le Premier des Tigres, naquirent la Mort, la Honte puis le Peur, et la séparation des races qui en résulta.
. The Undertakers Les croque-morts Le Crocodile, le Marabout et le Chacal commentent les transformations que le progrés a apportées le long du fleuve jusqu'au village voisin, dont ils sont fossoyeurs, et dont le Crocodile sera la victime.
. Rikki-tikki-tavi Rikki-tikki-tavi La mangouste livra, seule contre les serpents du jardin familial, une guerre totale : elle sortit vainqueur d'un combat contre Tagait d'abord, puis contre Nag, le grand Cobra noir, et remporta le duel mortel contre sa veuve Nagaina.
La série BILINGUE propose :
. une traduction fidèle et intégrale, accompagnée de nombreuses notes ;
. une méthode originale de perfectionnement par un contact direct avec les oeuvres d'auteurs étrangers
The diverse tales selected for this volume display the astonishing virtuosity of Rudyard Kipling's early writings. A Nobel prize-winner, Kipling was phnomenally productive and imaginative, displaying a literary mastery of idioms, technology and technical terms, exotic locations, and social range.
He gained immense popularity, becoming (as these stories indicate) the knowledgeable spokesman for a wide public. Later, although Kipling's right-wing views increasingly incurred hostility, his creativity remained formidable. In this rich collection, we encounter bold realism, poignant nostalgia, dark comedy, the vividly horrifie, the exuberantly fanciful and the disturbingly uncanny.
«The Brothers of the Trinity order that none unconnected with their service shall be found in or on one of their Lights during the hours of darkness; but their servants can be made to think otherwise. If you are fair-spoken and take an interest in their duties, they will allow you to sit with them through the long night and help to scare the ships into mid-channel...» Kipling, who as a novelist dramatized the ambivalence of the British colonial experience, was born of English parents in Bombay and as a child knew Hindustani better than English. He spent an unhappy period of exile from his parents (and the Indian heat) with a harsh aunt in England, followed by the public schooling that inspired his "Stalky" stories. He returned to India at 18 to work on the staff of the Lahore Civil and Military Gazette and rapidly became a prolific writer. His mildly satirical work won him a reputation in England, and he returned there in 1889.
From the author of the Jungle Books comes this collection of short works, including "The Disturber of Traffic," "A Conference of the Powers," "My Lord the Elephant," "His Private Honour," and many more. Originally published in 1893.
A beautifully illustrated collection of Rudyard Kipling's timeless animal tales. How did the rhinoceros get his wrinkly skin? Why won't cats come when they're called? How did one curious elephant with a nose for trouble change the lives of all elephants everywhere? These eight well-loved stories give inspired answers to these and other intriguing questions. Each story is illustrated by a major contemporary picture-book artist.
