Tales. Kipling

Rudyard Kipling – a world-famous writer, poet, and traveler, the first of the British authors to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. The tales he crafted for his beloved daughter Josephine were first published in 1902 and have since been recognized as a world classic. People all around the world enjoy reading stories about the brave mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the Cat That Walked by Itself, the curious Baby Elephant, and other tales by Kipling. This collection includes seven of them in the brilliant translation by Kornei Chukovsky and Samuel Marshak.