Jungle Books

Kipling Rudyard

ISBN 10: 0861366263 / ISBN 13: 9780861366262

Published by Gallery Press, Uk, 1987

About this Item

354 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page.

Seller Inventory # 227163

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jungle Books
• Publisher: Gallery Press, Uk
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0861366263
• ISBN 13: 9780861366262
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children - pre 1970s

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Synopsis

The Jungle Books can be regarded as classic stories told by an adult to children. But they also constitute a complex literary work of art in which the whole of Kipling's philosophy of life is expressed in miniature. They are best known for the 'Mowgli' stories; the tale of a baby abandoned and brought up by wolves, educated in the ways and secrets of the jungle by Kaa the python, Baloo the bear, and Bagheera the black panther. The stories, a mixture of fantasy, myth, and magic, are underpinned by Kipling's abiding preoccupation with the theme of self-discovery, and the nature of the 'Law'.

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