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The Jungle Book

By Rudyard Kipling

"The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of stories published in 1894. The tales follow Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, alongside animal characters like Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear. Through these fables, Kipling explores themes of abandonment and…

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"The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of stories published in 1894. The tales follow Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, alongside animal characters like Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear. Through these fables, Kipling explores themes of abandonment and fostering, law and freedom, and the balance between civilization and wildness. The stories teach lessons about respect for authority while celebrating the freedom to move between different worlds, using animals as archetypes for human nature and society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Adventure stories, EnglishAnimals -- FictionFeral children -- FictionIndia -- FictionIndia -- History -- 19th century -- FictionJungle animals -- FictionJungles -- FictionMowgli (Fictitious character) -- FictionShort storiesCategory: Adventure
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