CD1INDIA AND EMPIRE:Prelude to Departmental DittiesTods' AmendmentThe Ballad of East and WestKidnappedThe Song of the SonsThe Song of the CitiesEngland's AnswerThe Three MusketeersThe Rout of the White HussarsRecessionalCD2ANIMAL STORIESThe Law of the JungleMowgli's BrothersThe Female of the SpeciesHow the Whale Got His ThroatCD3CHILDREN AND FAMILYA School SongThe Prodigal SonWee Willie Winkie, An Officer and a GentlemanThe Cat That Walked By HimselfKipling's Letters to his Children, John and ElsieMerrow DownIfCD4WAR AND OTHERLetters Between Kipling and his son JohnThe GardenerEpitaphs of the WarJusticeThe FiresThe Mark of the Beast
Stories, poems and letters from 'the singer of imperialism' read by a talented cast led by Rupert Degas
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) was an English author and poet born in Bombay, India. Educated in Britain, he later returned to Lahore, India, to work as a journalist. Kipling travelled widely and also lived in Vermont, having married Carrie Balestier, an American. Throughout his life, Kipling never stopped writing. He was greatly revered during his lifetime and received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Essential Kipling celebrates a truly prolific and varied career; with his poetry and stories interpreted vividly by wonderful actors.
"With their variety and empathy, the readers [of The Essential Kipling] couldn't be bettered" The Observer"perfect when you want to dip in and out of an audiobook" Daily Express"Kipling is hugely enjoyable heard aloud: his words sing, especially voiced by such fine narrators as Rupert Degas, Liza Goddard, Martin Jarvis and Richard Pasco" Christina Hardyment, The Times
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