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The Complete Jungle Book

  • 371 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 1895
  • 71 editions
  • Free to read

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1 About this book

Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves and the wild animals of the jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India.

Good for readers who want: adventure and a book they can read free online.

  • Jungle animals
  • Animals
  • Adventure
  • Legends and stories of Animals
  • India
  • Mowgli (Fictitious character)
  • Boys
  • Folklore

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3 About Rudyard Kipling

1865–1936

Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the Jungle Book duology (The Jungle Book, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, 1895), Kim (1901), the Just So Stories (1902) and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888).

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