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War Stories and Poems [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 416 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 195x129x18 mm, kaal: 286 g
  • Sari: Oxford World's Classics
  • Ilmumisaeg: 23-Apr-2009
  • Kirjastus: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0199555508
  • ISBN-13: 9780199555505
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 416 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 195x129x18 mm, kaal: 286 g
  • Sari: Oxford World's Classics
  • Ilmumisaeg: 23-Apr-2009
  • Kirjastus: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0199555508
  • ISBN-13: 9780199555505
A unique anthology of Kipling's war stories and poems, from the frontier wars of empire to the Boer War and the First World War.

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General Preface vii
Introduction xii
Note on the Text xxvi
Select Bibliography xxxiii
A Chronology of Kipling's Life and Works xxxvi
WAR STORIES AND POEMS
PART ONE: THE IMPERIAL FRONTIERS
The Widow's Party
5(2)
The Drums of the Fore and Aft
7(34)
That Day
39(2)
A Conference of the Powers
41(17)
The Young British Soldier
55(3)
The Light that Failed,
Chapter 2
58(12)
`Fuzzy-Wuzzy'
68(2)
The Mutiny of the Mavericks
70(21)
Ford o' Kabul River
89(2)
The Lost Legion
91(14)
Arithmetic on the Frontier
103(2)
Slaves of the Lamp, Part 2
105(22)
PART TWO: THE BOER WAR
Rimmon
125(2)
The Way That He Took
127(18)
The Outsider
145(18)
Stellenbosch
161(2)
A Sahibs' War
163(20)
`Wilful-Missing'
181(2)
The Comprehension of Private Copper
183(13)
Half-Ballade of Waterval
194(2)
The Captive
196(30)
Chant-Pagan
219(6)
PART THREE: THE GREAT WAR
Gethsemane
225(1)
`Swept and Garnished'
226(9)
Mary Postgate
235(16)
The Changelings
250(1)
Sea Constables
251(18)
The Vineyard
268(1)
Introduction to The Irish Guards in the Great War
269(9)
A Recantation
276(2)
A Friend of the Family
278(16)
Mesopotamia
293(1)
A Madonna of the Trenches
294(16)
The Mother's Son
309(1)
The Gardner
310(15)
Epitaphs of the War (Selection)
321(4)
Appendix: Kipling under Fire: The Battle of Kari Siding 325(3)
Explanatory Notes 328