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The Day’s Work

The Day’s Work

The Day's Work

Rudyard Kipling

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Editorial:
Wildside Press
Año de edición:
2025
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Ficción histórica
ISBN:
9781434489371

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The Day’s Work presents a diverse set of short stories that showcase Kipling’s fascination with the moral and mechanical aspects of human endeavor. Blending realism with imaginative perspectives-including talking animals and personified machines-these tales reflect the complexities of empire, technology, and personal responsibility. This collection captures the rhythms and ethics of a world on the brink of modernity, through sharp prose and subtle insight.

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