The Jungle Books (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- First Published: 1894
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—animal fantasy
- Time of Work: The late nineteenth century
- Setting: Various locations including India and the Arctic
- 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 Plot
The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book are collections of short stories. Each story begins with a few lines of poetry. Most of the best-known of these jungle stories involve the adventures of Mowgli the jungle boy, Kaa the python, Shere Khan the tiger, Baloo the bear, Hathi the elephant, and Bagheera the panther. The first three stories—“Mowgli’s Brothers,” “Kaa’s Hunting,” and “Tiger! Tiger!”—describe the exploits of Mowgli and his friends in a world seemingly as benign as it is in fact dangerous.
In “Mowgli’s...
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