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Kipling's epic rendition of the imperial experience in India is also his greatest long work. Two men - Kim, a boy growing into early manhood and the lama, an old ascetic priest - are fired by a quest. Kim is white, a sahib, although born in India. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism, he is also spiritually bound to the lama and he tries to reconcile these opposing strands, while the lama searches for redemption from the Wheel of Life. A celebration of their friendship in an often hostile environment, Kim captures the opulence of India's exotic landscape, overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj.

Kipling''s bewitching stories conjure up distant lands, the beautiful gardens of splendid palaces, the sea, the desert, and the jungle and its beasts... Inspired by Kipling''s natural empathy with the animal world and by his obvious delight in human foibles and eccentricities, these strikingly imaginative fables explore a range of subjects from the animals themselves to the origins of things. The stories are linked by poems and scattered with Kipling''s illustrations, which, intriguingly, contain hidden jokes and puzzles. Just So Stories was written for children but the book transcends the boundaries of age and is of equal appeal to adults.

Per a la majoria de lectors catalans, Rudyard Kipling (Bombai 1865 - Londres 1936) és només l'autor del popular Llibre de la jungla (tan magníficament traduït ja fa anys per Marià Manent, i reeditat

Three stories, three ghosts: a picture in a tower depicts a dangerous woman; a young woman marries an older man and arrives at his house, only to find that his dead wife is still there; and a dead man walks through a house every night, because sometimes the dead do come back. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series'' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals".At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.

Lectura recomendada para segundo ciclo de la E.S.O. Esta cuidada edición fiel al texto original en inglés contiene un Apéndice Literario que completa la lectura de esta novela. Esta novela cuenta sustancialmente la historia de Harvey un malcriado y consentido adolescente norteamericano heredero de una gigantesca fortuna y de como se convierte finalmente en un hombre hecho y derecho. Tras caer por la borda de un lujoso trasatlantico comienza para el una aventura que inicialmente sera muy amarga. Recogido por un barco que se dedica a la pesca del bacalao alli no se admitiran sus remilgos y mimos y durante tres meses tendra que obedecer y trabajar para comer y sobrevivir. Sin embargo de esa lucha dificil no emergera un niño dolorido y traumatizado sino un hombre cabal. Cuando finalmente se reencuentre con su padre Harvey comprendera el mundo de los adultos porque habra entrado en el por derecho propio. No se ha tratado de una experiencia pasajera sino de un jalon decisivo de su vida; de hecho podra decirse que ha aprendido como se debe vivir.

Three stories, three ghosts: a picture in a tower depicts a dangerous woman; a young woman marries an older man and arrives at his house, only to find that his dead wife is still there; and a dead man walks through a house every night, because sometimes the dead do come back. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.