Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 9781517298470 Books
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'Mary, Mother av Mercy, fwhat the divil possist us to take an' kape this melancolious counthry? Answer me that, Sorr.' It was Mulvaney who was speaking. The time was one o'clock of a stifling June night, and the place was the main gate of Fort Amara, most desolate and least desirable of all fortresses in India. What I was doing there at that hour is a question which only concerns M'Grath the Sergeant of the Guard, and the men on the gate.
Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 9781517298470 Books
"He has received just sufficient education to make him understand half the purport of the orders he receives, and to speculate on the nature of clean, incised, and shattering wounds." ‒ from SOLDIER STORIES, on the first-enlistment Tommy"So we loosed a bloomin' volley,
An' we made the beggars cut,
An' when our pouch was emptied out,
We used the bloomin' butt,
Ho! My!
Don't yer come anigh,
When Tommy is a playin' with the baynit an' the butt."
‒ from SOLDIER STORIES, a barrack room ballad
Queen Victoria may have ruled the Empire, but it was her soldiers, sailors, and colonial administrators that bore its weight. Here, in SOLDIER STORIES, are seven of Rudyard Kipling's short stories, most of which have three recurring characters: Terence Mulvaney, Stanley Ortheris, and John Learoyd ‒ all rank-and-file Tommies serving (at one point or another) in India and Burma. The short story "The Drums of the Fore and Aft" takes place in Afghanistan and has as its two heroes the drummer boys Jakin and Lew.
The time is the 1880s.
The principle character is Mulvaney, and his "Oirish" dialect is quite often difficult to comprehend and it takes getting used to. I sometimes just resorted to skimming the text for the gist of it. That said, Mulvaney is an enormously appealing fellow. I wonder if his character may have served to some extent as the basis for McAuslan of George MacDonald Fraser's McAuslan series (The Complete McAuslan) although the latter was a Scotsman.
SOLDIER STORIES open a small window of insight in what it was like to serve with Her Majesty's regiments, either on the front lines or in the cantonments in Afghanistan, India, and Burma. It should appeal to any casual student of the British Empire and the colonial British Army. And, for the most part, the plots of the stories will leave the reader satisfied. Only "The Man Who Was" seemed incomplete and left me wondering what the entire backstory was.
SOLDIER STORIES is a worthwhile read if your interests encompass the subject matter.
Note: The Kindle edition omits the end-of-chapter illustrations presumably included in the printed-text editions.
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Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 9781517298470 Books Reviews
Very dated but a good read all the same
Clear tales of what a soldier at war must endure. Written in dialect and hard to understand, but the storyline is not hard to follow.
Kipling's story is not of famous heroes but of old time Tommy Atkins. Same same Ernie Pyle and WWII GI Joe. Just classic.
You've got to love Mulvaney
Readers; If you do not like soapy,hippie falvoured, politically correct writing,Mr.Kipling is your man. This collection, from the time of the English in Afganastan, reads much like a current blog. The style, the pathos, the humour, and the evils of an Army of Conquest & Occupation is well laid out here. The former soldiers(circa 20th21st Century) will enjoy it very much.
A stinging satire of Colonial English Policy, & the English Army, as well.
Read 'Soldier Stories' for a rousing afternoon spent well .
A bit difficult to read-Kipling writes just as the soldiers would have talked making the story a bit challenging to decipher. The stories however, are very descriptive and exciting.
As an Anglophile, I am interested in British culture and history, especially the British Army's stint in India during Queen Victoria's long reign. Kipling is very gifted in capturing army life during the period. The stories he relates in Soldier Stories are about three or four soldiers whom I am certain he met during his time in India. He writes the men's dialogue in the dialects of the Scottish and Irish strange pronunciation of the English language. If you can get past that, you will love the stories. I recommend it.
"He has received just sufficient education to make him understand half the purport of the orders he receives, and to speculate on the nature of clean, incised, and shattering wounds." ‒ from SOLDIER STORIES, on the first-enlistment Tommy
"So we loosed a bloomin' volley,
An' we made the beggars cut,
An' when our pouch was emptied out,
We used the bloomin' butt,
Ho! My!
Don't yer come anigh,
When Tommy is a playin' with the baynit an' the butt."
‒ from SOLDIER STORIES, a barrack room ballad
Queen Victoria may have ruled the Empire, but it was her soldiers, sailors, and colonial administrators that bore its weight. Here, in SOLDIER STORIES, are seven of Rudyard Kipling's short stories, most of which have three recurring characters Terence Mulvaney, Stanley Ortheris, and John Learoyd ‒ all rank-and-file Tommies serving (at one point or another) in India and Burma. The short story "The Drums of the Fore and Aft" takes place in Afghanistan and has as its two heroes the drummer boys Jakin and Lew.
The time is the 1880s.
The principle character is Mulvaney, and his "Oirish" dialect is quite often difficult to comprehend and it takes getting used to. I sometimes just resorted to skimming the text for the gist of it. That said, Mulvaney is an enormously appealing fellow. I wonder if his character may have served to some extent as the basis for McAuslan of George MacDonald Fraser's McAuslan series (The Complete McAuslan) although the latter was a Scotsman.
SOLDIER STORIES open a small window of insight in what it was like to serve with Her Majesty's regiments, either on the front lines or in the cantonments in Afghanistan, India, and Burma. It should appeal to any casual student of the British Empire and the colonial British Army. And, for the most part, the plots of the stories will leave the reader satisfied. Only "The Man Who Was" seemed incomplete and left me wondering what the entire backstory was.
SOLDIER STORIES is a worthwhile read if your interests encompass the subject matter.
Note The edition omits the end-of-chapter illustrations presumably included in the printed-text editions.
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