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The Second Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

  • 178 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1895
  • 611 editions
  • Free to read
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1 About this book

The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont.

All of the stories were previously published in magazines in 1894–5, often under different titles. The 1994 film The Jungle Book used it as a source.

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

  • Jungle animals
  • Animals
  • Legends and stories of Animals
  • Adventure
  • Classics
  • India
  • Biography
  • Jungles

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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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