The Essential Kipling

Synopsis

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 Degas4. KIDKNAPPED from "Plain Tales from the Hills" read by Martin Jarvis 5. THE SONG OF THE SONS read by Rupert Degas6. THE SONG OF THE CITIES read by Rupert Degas7. ENGLAND'S ANSWER read by Rupert Degas8. 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 STORIES1. THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE from the "Second Jungle Book" read by Rupert Degas2. MOWGLI'S BROTHERS from "The Jungle Book" read by Rupert Degas3. THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES (1911) read by Rupert Degas4. HOW THE WHALE GOT HIS THROAT from the "Just So Stories" read by Rupert DegasCHILDREN AND FAMILY 1. A SCHOOL SONG - prelude to "Stalky & Co." read by Rupert Degas2. THE PRODIGAL SON read by Rupert Degas3. 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 Degas6. MERROW DOWN read by Rupert Degas7. IF read by Rupert DegasWAR AND OTHER 1. LETTERS BETWEEN KIPLING AND HIS SON JOHN Read by Rupert Degas2. THE GARDENER Read by Rupert Degas3. EPITAPHS OF THE WAR (1914 - 1918) Read by Rupert Degas4. JUSTICE (October, 1918) Read by Rupert Degas5. THE FIRES Read by Rupert Degas6. THE MARK OF THE BEAST Read by Richard Pasco