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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 original book is now worth $3.4 million. The 1994 film The Jungle Book used this book as a source.
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Geboren am 30.12.1865 als Sohn einer angloamerikanischen Familie in Bombay, gestorben am 18.01.1936 in London. Im Alter von zwei Jahren wurden er bereits nach England geschickt, dort erhielt er seine Ausbildung. Er kehrte 1882 nach Indien zurück und arbeitete dort als Journalist. Kipling erhielt für sein schriftstellerisches Werk 1907 den Nobelpreis für Literatur.
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''It would take too long to enumerate even half of the marvelous touches by which the creatures miscalled dumb are made to live for us by Rudyard Kipling . . . The saddest words of this volume are those with which he closes, 'And this is the last of the Mowgli stories!' '' --Vogue
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- PublisherMacmillan
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0333327985
- ISBN 13 9780333327982
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages299
- IllustratorKipling J. Lockwood
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. Kipling, J. Lockwood (illustrator). Macmillan, London England, 1983. Soft Cover. J. Lockwood Kipling (illustrator). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 299 pages .Absolute minor shelfwear but this is A BRAND NEW BOOK UNUSED. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.In this book, as in The Jungle Book, Kipling has drawn on his deep knowledge of India and the people and animals of the jungle to tell stories that have delighted innumerable readers. The best known are those about Mwgli, the wolf boy, and the animals who live in the jungle with him: Akela the lone wold, Bagheera the black panther, Baloo the brown bear and many more. But there are also tales of a Prime Minister who becomes a holy sage and the adventures of an Eskimo bou and girl. Seller Inventory # cb415
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