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Rudyard Kipling: A Poetry Selection Audiobook
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Rudyard Kipling was a globe-trotting artist who was not only a fine story teller, but also a great poet of the Empire, its people and views. This volume pulls together many of his best loved and most well-known works.
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"Two cheeky Victorian cockneys - Peachy Carnahan and Dan Dravot - head off into the mountains of Afghanistan in the late nineteenth century to carve out a kingdom for themselves. Had me gripped. Unforgettable adventure story - with a great twist. "
— Simon (5 out of 5 stars)
Rudyard Kipling: A Poetry Selection Listener Reviews
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" The metaphor is good, but I was confused for the first 25% of this one... "
— Katie, 5/23/2011 -
" A classic tale of good v. evil...yin v. yang....karma. A nice little nod and wink to masonic lodge members, like me. Sorry, no satanic secrets were revealed tho.......mgc "
— Michael, 5/7/2011 -
" It was just ok. Didn't grab me. "
— Caren, 4/27/2011 -
" Classic book, quick read, funny how familiar the place names due to the current war in Afghanistan. Always been a fan of the movie, now I finally read the book and enjoyed it. "
— Tres, 4/8/2011 -
" "Liked it"<br/><br/>If I hadn't seen the movie, I don't know if I would have liked it as much. I'm not certain that I could have followed it as well without having seen the movie. "
— Jim, 4/4/2011 -
" What a story! One of my favorite! "
— Johnnie, 12/15/2010 -
" Un livre qui fait vraiment réfléchir. Superbe. "
— La, 12/1/2010 -
" I love to read British literature...and see that they have already traveled the paths that we are now trodding! "
— Cindy, 10/20/2010
About Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was born of English parents in Bombay, India. At seventeen, he began work as a journalist and over the next seven years established an international reputation with his stories and verses of Indian and army life, including such classics as The Jungle Book and Kim. In 1907 he became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize.
About various narrators
Tavia Gilbert is an acclaimed narrator of more than four hundred full-cast and multivoice audiobooks for virtually every publisher in the industry. Named the 2018 Voice of Choice by Booklist magazine, she is also winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She has earned numerous Earphones Awards, a Voice Arts Award, and a Listen-Up Award. Audible.com has named her a Genre-Defining Narrator: Master of Memoir. In addition to voice acting, she is an accomplished producer, singer, and theater actor. She is also a producer, singer, photographer, and a writer, as well as the cofounder of a feminist publishing company, Animal Mineral.