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Aug 2024
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Le Livre de la Jungle - d'après les nouv...

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Au XIXème siècle naquit en Inde un Anglais du nom de Rudyard Kipling. Il allait devenir l’un des plus grands écrivains anglais de tous les temps – et le premier à recevoir le Prix Nobel. On le connaît notamment pour ses livres pour enfants. Ses nouvelles racontent cette Inde qui le fascinait – une Inde indomptée, mystérieuse … l’Inde du Livre de la Jungle !

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