The White Man's Burden

About this film

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The White Man's Burden by Rudyard Kipling. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 19, 2016. Read in English by 3Dad; Allen Kelly; Algy Pug; Bruce Kachuk; Diana Majlinger; Newgatenovelist; Ezwa; Leonard Wilson; Matthew Datcher; Tony Addison and Tomas Peter. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, at the age of 42, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, both of which he declined. ( Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more…

Directors & creators

Rudyard Kipling

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;poetry; literature; nature; patriotism; imperialism

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