I did not like it!: Quite horrible! I am a Kipling enthusiast and own most of his published work. I find that, in general, the Kipling audio-books are enjoyable but not this one. The tales are not suitable for the female voice - the accent and mispronunciation of English place names equally inappropriate. If you have time to spare, compare this offering with the excellent "Plain tales from the hills" by Martin Jarvis

Roderick Deeming

M'a fait découvrir réellement et tardivement Kipling. je l'ai lu ensuite en anglais. Toujours la même jubilation en me replongeant dedans.

Jeg ved ikke hvor meget denne kostskole vil sige nutidens ungdom, for det er en meget autoritær skoleverden, der beskrives og de engelske kostskoler var desuden pryglemaskiner. Men jeg blev faktisk klogere af den i sin tid. Hallings oversættelse er noget sjusket men til gengæld er ophavsretten udløbet, så den kan nedhentes fra min hjemmeside. ( )

A series of Kipling stories of three resourceful schoolboys who usually get their own way. I particularly liked a part where a strategem Stalky (leader of the band) applied while in school came in useful again years later in India, when fighting in the "Great Game" - a nice illustration of the Duke of Wellington's aphorism that the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. ( )