The Complete Mowgli of the Jungle Book Stories - by Rudyard Kipling (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Selected from <i>The Jungle Book</i>, <i>The Second Jungle Book</i>, and <i>Many Inventions</i>, this edition presents in chronological order every tale that Kipling wrote about the feral boy known as Mowgli.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Raised by a pack of wolves, the little boy known as Mowgli forms the human heart of an animal community in the Indian wilderness. These selections from <i>The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book, </i> and <i>Many Inventions</i> offer a chronological presentation of every episode from Rudyard Kipling's beloved tales of a feral child. This edition of the stories, all except one of which were originally published in magazines in 1893 and 1894, includes the charming epigrammatic poems that appeared in the first compilations.<br>The adventures begin with "Mowgli's Brothers," in which the orphan is rescued from the wrath of Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger. Upon his adoption into the wolf pack, Mowgli is schooled in the Law of the Jungle by Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther. Eight additional tales trace the boy's growing knowledge of jungle lore as well as his moral development and return to human society. Kipling's powerfully original fables, recounted in richly evocative prose, continue to enchant readers of all ages.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Raised by a pack of wolves, the little boy known as Mowgli forms the human heart of an animal community in the Indian wilderness. These selections from <i>The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book, </i> and <i>Many Inventions</i> offer a chronological presentation of every episode from Rudyard Kipling's beloved tales of a feral child. This edition of the stories, all except one of which were originally published in magazines in 1893 and 1894, includes the charming epigrammatic poems that appeared in the first compilations.<br>The adventures begin with "Mowgli's Brothers," in which the orphan is rescued from the wrath of Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger. Upon his adoption into the wolf pack, Mowgli is schooled in the Law of the Jungle by Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther. Eight additional tales trace the boy's growing knowledge of jungle lore as well as his moral development and return to human society. Kipling's powerfully original fables, recounted in richly evocative prose, continue to enchant readers of all ages.<br>Dover (2015) unabridged republication of stories from <i>The Jungle Book</i> (1894), <i>The Second Jungle Book</i> (1895), and <i>Many Inventions</i> (1893), all published by The Macmillan Company, London.<br>See every Dover book in print at<br><b>www.doverpublications.com</b></p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is best remembered for children's tales such as <i>The Jungle Book</i> as well as his poetry and stories about British soldiers in India, which include "Gunga Din" and <i>The Man Who Would Be King. </i>Kipling was enormously popular at the turn of the twentieth century but his reputation declined with the change in attitude toward British imperialism. In recent years Kipling's works have found new acclaim as a vibrant source of literary and cultural history.
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