
Rudyard Kipling
Naissance 30 December 1865 · Décès 18 January 1936
Originaire de Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Nationalité : United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Écrit de la fiction et des essais
Rudyard Kipling était un auteur et poète britannique. Né à Bombay, dans l'Inde britannique, il est surtout connu pour ses œuvres de fiction, dont « Le Livre de la jungle » (1894). Il est considéré comme un grand « innovateur dans l'art de la nouvelle » ; ses livres pour enfants sont des classiques durables de la littérature jeunesse.
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“I’ve just read that I’m dead. Don’t forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.”
Letter to a magazine that had mistakenly published the announcement of his deathEn anglais “The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you’ll be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
pp. 5-8En anglais “It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of all the mongoose family is “Run and find out,” and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.”
The Jungle BookEn anglais “The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool!”
Plain Tales from the HillsEn anglais “I am the cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.”
Just So StoriesEn anglais
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Les livres de Rudyard Kipling dans l'ordre
Les livres de Rudyard Kipling dans l'ordre de parution, de Nouveaux Contes Des Collines (1888) à Rewards and Fairies (1910).
- 1Nouveaux Contes Des Collines
Nouveaux Contes Des Collines1888 - 2Departmental Ditties and Other Verses
Departmental Ditties and Other Verses1890 - 3La lumière qui s'éteint
La lumière qui s'éteint1890 - 4Au hasard de la vie
Au hasard de la vie1891 - 5Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi1893 - 6Livre De La Jungle
Livre De La Jungle1894 - 7Le Second livre de la jungle
Le Second livre de la jungle1895 - 8Les deux livres de la jungle
Les deux livres de la jungle1895 - 9Capitaines Courageux
Capitaines Courageux1897 - 10The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling
The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling1897Ce qu'il contient (25)
- 1. Plain Tales from the Hills
- 2-3. Soldiers Three and Military Tales
- 4. In Black and White
- 5. The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories
- 6. Under the Deodars. The Story of the Gadsbys. Wee Willie Winkle
- 7. The Jungle Book
- 8. The Second Jungle Book
- 9. The Light That Failed
- 10. The Naulahka; a Story of West and East, Written in Collaboration with Wolcott Balestier
- 11. Verses, 1889-1896
- 12. "Captains Courageous," a Story of the Grand Banks
- 13-14. The Day's Work
- 15-16. From Sea to Sea; Letters of Travel
- 17. Early Verse
- 18. Stalky & Co
- 19. Kim
- 20. Just so Stories for Little Children
- 21. The Five Nations
- 22. Traffics and Discoveries
- 23. Puck of Pook's Hill
- 24. Actions and Reactions
- 25. Rewards and Fairies
- 26. A Diversity of Creatures
- 27. The Years Between and Poems from History
- 28. Letters of Travel, 1892-1913
- 11L'Homme, qui voulut etre roi
L'Homme, qui voulut etre roi1898 - 12Stalky & Cie: Roman
Stalky & Cie: Roman1898 - 13The Day's Work
The Day's Work1898 - 14Departmental Ditties and Other Verses, Vol. I
Departmental Ditties and Other Verses, Vol. I1899 - 15The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories
The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories1899 - 16L'Elephant Fidele
L'Elephant Fidele1900 - 17Kim
Kim1901 - 18Histoires comme ça
Histoires comme ça1902 - 19Just So Stories
Just So Stories1902Ce qu'il contient (12)
- How the Whale Got His Throat
- How the Camel Got His Hump
- How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
- How the Leopard Got His Spots
- The Elephant's Child
- The Sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo
- The Beginning of the Armadillos
- How the First Letter Was Written
- How the Alphabet Was Made
- The Crab That Played with the Sea
- The Cat That Walked by Himself
- The Butterfly That Stamped
- 20Pook's Hill Puck
Pook's Hill Puck1906 - 21Actions and Reactions
Actions and Reactions1909 - 22If
If1910 - 23Rewards and Fairies
Rewards and Fairies1910 - 24Le livre de la jungle
Le livre de la jungle