Strange Tales
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Some six or seven feet above the port bulwarks, framed in fog, and as utterly unsupported as the full moon, hung a Face. It was not human, and it certainly was not animal, for it did not belong to... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1840225327
ISBN13:9781840225327
Release Date:July 2006
Publisher:Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:7.8" x 0.6" x 5.1"
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Interesting Kipling sample
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Rudyard Kipling is probably best remembered as a jingoist, British supremicist, and writer of some particularly bad poetry. Without apologizing, for the above criticisms are pretty much accurate, I suggest that readers also discover that Kipling had some level of affection and understanding for those diverse individuals (yes, "natives") who made up the British Empire and that Kipling's prose was good. This collection of supernatural fare includes a few of Kipling's better short stories (at his best, he was a master), as well as some of more mixed quality. The dash of reverence with which he regards Indian folklore provides an intriguing atmosphere for the stories and offers a measure of balance for the air of British superiority which unfortunately pervades all but the best of Kipling's writing.
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