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Short Stories 1

A Sahibs' War; the Captive; Below the Mill Dam; Mrs Bathurst; They; an Habitation Enforced; the Mother Hive; Little Foxes; the House ... v. 1

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In a collection of Kipling's later work. "A Sahib's war", "The captive" and "Mrs Bathurst" examine the mystery of private and public self with colloquial concision, while "The mother hive" and "As easy as ABC" use parables and utopian fantasy to express present and future anxieties. Here are repeated attempts to capture the essence of England with tradition and continuity encountering progress and change in "Below the mill dam". In "An habitation enforced" an American couple in England are bewildered and fascinated by a country that seems to be part of themselves.

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Short Stories 1, Andrew Rutherford, Rudyard Kipling

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1993
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Titre
Short Stories 1
Sous-titre
A Sahibs' War; the Captive; Below the Mill Dam; Mrs Bathurst; They; an Habitation Enforced; the Mother Hive; Little Foxes; the House ... v. 1
Langue
Anglais
Publié
1993
Format
souple
Pages
256
ISBN10
0140183140
ISBN13
9780140183146
Séries
Mots clés
Nouvelles
Description
In a collection of Kipling's later work. "A Sahib's war", "The captive" and "Mrs Bathurst" examine the mystery of private and public self with colloquial concision, while "The mother hive" and "As easy as ABC" use parables and utopian fantasy to express present and future anxieties. Here are repeated attempts to capture the essence of England with tradition and continuity encountering progress and change in "Below the mill dam". In "An habitation enforced" an American couple in England are bewildered and fascinated by a country that seems to be part of themselves.