didactic literature · 1894
The Jungle Book
1894 short story collection by Rudyard Kipling
- 1894
- didactic literature
- ◆ Nobel-winning author
Summary
The Jungle Book is an 1894 collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. Most stories are set in a dry forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is "Seeonee" (Seoni), in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.
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