The Jungle Book; The Second Jungle Book; Just So Stories; Puck Of Pook's Hill; Stalky & Co.; Kim
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Few names in the English literary canon conjure the raw spirit of adventure and the mysteries of empire quite like Rudyard Kipling's, and this magnificent omnibus gathers six of his most celebrated works — The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book, Just So Stories, Puck of Pook's Hill, Stalky & Co., and Kim — into a single, complete, and unabridged volume. From the sun-drenched jungles where Mowgli is raised by wolves, to the ancient hills of England where Puck conjures history from the earth itself, and across the teeming, treacherous roads of colonial India that young Kim navigates with streetwise brilliance, these stories paint an extraordinary panorama of human courage, belonging, and the restless search for identity. Kipling's prose is a study in disciplined craft: precise, rhythmic, and shot through with a storyteller's instinct for myth and moral weight, drawing equally on the oral traditions of India and the formal rigours of Victorian literature. These works, which earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907, remain fiercely debated and deeply influential — celebrated for their imaginative power and scrutinised for their imperial context — ensuring that the world Kipling built continues to challenge and enchant readers in equal measure. To hold this collection is to hold a mirror to an age that shaped the modern world; whether the reflection disturbs or dazzles is entirely up to you.
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Format: Hardback
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Few names in the English literary canon conjure the raw spirit of adventure and the mysteries of empire quite like Rudyard Kipling's, and this magnificent omnibus gathers six of his most celebrated works — The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book, Just So Stories, Puck of Pook's Hill, Stalky & Co., and Kim — into a single, complete, and unabridged volume. From the sun-drenched jungles where Mowgli is raised by wolves, to the ancient hills of England where Puck conjures history from the earth itself, and across the teeming, treacherous roads of colonial India that young Kim navigates with streetwise brilliance, these stories paint an extraordinary panorama of human courage, belonging, and the restless search for identity. Kipling's prose is a study in disciplined craft: precise, rhythmic, and shot through with a storyteller's instinct for myth and moral weight, drawing equally on the oral traditions of India and the formal rigours of Victorian literature. These works, which earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907, remain fiercely debated and deeply influential — celebrated for their imaginative power and scrutinised for their imperial context — ensuring that the world Kipling built continues to challenge and enchant readers in equal measure. To hold this collection is to hold a mirror to an age that shaped the modern world; whether the reflection disturbs or dazzles is entirely up to you.