This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/stalky-co-more-stories-by-rudyard-kipling/
MAGIC WINDOW:This small collection puts together stories by Kipling that feature the characters from Stalky & Co. but which for some reason were not included in the book Stalky & Co. Of these the more interesting is the first, "Stalky", which introduces the characters and is full of the humour and understanding of adolescent males and their timeless jostling with adult powers that characterise the stories in Stalky & Co. "Stalky" was the first of the tales to be written, and was published in 1898, so it is difficult to understand how it came to be omitted from the book in 1899.
Regulus, while also full of humour, is a more difficult read in an age when a "proper" classical education is no longer something widely experienced.
There are also other stories that cannot be included here because they are still in copyright:There is also another "Scylla and Charybdis", unpublished in Kipling's day, and only made available recently that although not copyright in the USA cannot be included because we do not have access to the manuscript, only an edited edition (which itself is subject to copyright).
- "The United Idolators" and "The Propagation of Knowledge" in Debits and Credits (1926)
"The Satisfaction of a Gentleman" in The Complete Stalky & Co (1929).
If you enjoyed Stalky & Co you will probably enjoy these additional stories.
(Introduction by Tim Bulkeley)
(Admin link)
- Target completion date: July 2011
- Text source (only read from this text!): "Stalky" published in McClure's Magazine in 1898 available in scan here http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015030656113;q1=kipling;start=1;size=100;page=root;view=image;seq=113;num=99
"Regulus" in A Diversity of Creatures (1917) http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13085
NB. There is a further story unpublished during Kipling's life for which kassyopeia is seeking evidence of PD status if that is confirmed I'd add that one. - Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): Near Word Perfect NB Heart of Texas will PL
IMPORTANT - soloist, please note: in order to limit the amount of languishing projects (and hence the amount of files on our hard-pressed server), we ask that you post an update at least once a month in your project thread, even if you haven't managed to record anything. If we don't hear from you for three months, your project will be opened up to a group project as soon as a Book Coordinator can be found. Files you have completed will be used in this project. If you haven't recorded anything yet, your project will be removed from the forum (contact any admin to have it re-instated).
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This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and reader (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.
Soloist - please provide *all of* the following:- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): New title, from old works see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalky_%26_Co.#Further_stories
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 2 (or possibly 3)
- Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: n
- Original publication date (if known): 1898-1917
- Year of author's death (note: in some countries copyright is author's death + 50 or 70 years): 1936
- If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
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