The Essential Kipling

Over twenty unabridged selections of Rudyard Kipling's stories, poems and letters, including famous works such as "If" and "How The Whale Got his Throat". 1. PRELUDE - "To Departmental Ditties" (1885) read by Rupert Degas 2. TODS' from "Plain Tales from the Hills" read by Martin Jarvis 3. THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST (1889) read by Rupert Degas 4. KIDKNAPPED from "Plain Tales from the Hills" read by Martin Jarvis 5. THE SONG OF THE SONS read by Rupert Degas 6. THE SONG OF THE CITIES read by Rupert Degas 7. ENGLAND'S ANSWER read by Rupert Degas 8. THE THREE MUSKETEERS from "Plain Tales from the Hills" read by Martin Jarvis 9. THE ROUT OF THE WHITE HUSSARS from "Plain Tales of the Hills" read by Martin Jarvis 10. RECESSIONAL (1897) read by Rupert Degas ANIMAL STORIES 1. THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE from the "Second Jungle Book" read by Rupert Degas 2. MOWGLI'S BROTHERS from "The Jungle Book" read by Rupert Degas 3. THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES (1911) read by Rupert Degas 4. HOW THE WHALE GOT HIS THROAT from the "Just So Stories" read by Rupert Degas CHILDREN AND FAMILY 1. A SCHOOL SONG - prelude to "Stalky & Co." read by Rupert Degas 2. THE PRODIGAL SON read by Rupert Degas 3. WEE WILLIE WINKIE, AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN read by Rupert Degas 4. THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF read by Liza Goddard 5. KIPLING'S LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN, JOHN AND ELSIE read by Rupert Degas 6. MERROW DOWN read by Rupert Degas 7. IF read by Rupert Degas WAR AND OTHER 1. LETTERS BETWEEN KIPLING AND HIS SON JOHN Read by Rupert Degas 2. THE GARDENER Read by Rupert Degas 3. EPITAPHS OF THE WAR (1914 - 1918) Read by Rupert Degas 4. JUSTICE (October, 1918) Read by Rupert Degas 5. THE FIRES Read by Rupert Degas 6. THE MARK OF THE BEAST Read by Richard Pasco

Table of Contents:
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

About the Author :
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.

Review :
"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