War Stories and PoemsOxford University Press, 1999 - 364 Seiten This unique anthology of Kipling's war stories and poems provides critical comment on the ineptitude of the British in the Boer War. Including such stories as "Barrack-Room Ballads," this work provides tales of courage and adventure, as well as shameful episodes of retreat and failure. |
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The Widows Party | 5 |
That Day | 39 |
The Light that Failed Chapter 2 | 58 |
FuzzyWuzzy | 68 |
Ford o Kabul River | 89 |
Arithmetic on the Frontier | 103 |
Rimmon | 125 |
The Outsider | 145 |
HalfBallade of Waterval | 194 |
ChantPagan | 219 |
Gethsemane | 225 |
Swept and Garnished | 226 |
The Changelings | 250 |
The Vineyard | 268 |
Mesopotamia | 293 |
The Mothers Son | 309 |
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