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The Jungle Book

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    Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is an adventure fiction story collection. Readers will find themes of animals, jungles, India and jungle animals.

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    It is in the public domain in the United States and free to read on Project Gutenberg.

    About The Jungle Book

    "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of stories published in 1894. The tales follow Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, alongside animal characters like Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear. Through these fables, Kipling explores themes of abandonment and fostering, law and freedom, and the balance between civilization and wildness. The stories teach lessons about respect for authority while celebrating the freedom to move between different worlds, using animals as archetypes for human nature and society.
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    Themes, setting & tropes

    Genres

    Subjects

    • Animals
    • Jungles
    • India
    • Jungle animals
    • Mowgli
    • Adventure stories, English
    • Feral children
    • India, History, 19th century

    Quick answers

    Who wrote The Jungle Book?

    The Jungle Book was written by Rudyard Kipling.

    What genre is The Jungle Book?

    It is usually shelved as Adventure.

    Is The Jungle Book free to read?

    Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

    What books are similar to The Jungle Book?

    Readers who like it often enjoy Eragon, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass and Eldest.

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