The Jungle Books (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- First Published: 1894
- Type of Work: Children’s Short Stories
- Genres: Fable, Short fiction, Bildungsroman, Adventure, Fantasy
- Subjects: Justice, Maturation or coming of age, Snakes, Tigers, Nature, Nineteenth century, Courage, Betrayal, Friendship, Violence, Loyalty, India or East Indian people, Jungles or rain forests, Adventure, Bears, Boys, Arctic, Animals, Wolves, Fables
- Locales: India
THE JUNGLE BOOKS were originally published a year apart as THE JUNGLE BOOK and THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK but are now usually printed in one volume. The legend of the hero brought up by animals goes back to ancient times, and has been used more recently by Edgar Rice Burroughs in his Tarzan books. Thus, the Mowgli stories have deep roots. Mowgli, however, is a far more authentic character than Tarzan; his jungle world and its animal inhabitants are more fully imagined. The rhythms of Kipling’s prose, and of the poems which introduce and follow each story, are hypnotic. Best read for the...
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