The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

Original en 50791 words First published 1894 United Kingdom

Kipling's 1894 collection of stories set in India, best known for the Mowgli tales: the boy raised by wolves in the Seeonee jungle, tutored by Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, hunted by the tiger Shere Khan, and caught between the law of the jungle and the world of men. Alongside them are 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi', the mongoose's battle with the cobras, and other animal tales written with deep knowledge and love of India. Beloved as children's adventure, sharper than they seem as fables of law, belonging and exile.

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The Jungle Book

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