Rank 73 of 100
The Jungle Book
Synopsis
Mowgli is raised by wolves under a code the jungle actually enforces, then has to decide which world will have him. Kipling’s stories are adventure first, and they also carry the imperial habits of their author. The talking animals remain more memorable than the morals pinned to them.
Synopses are original catalog copy written for Every Book Ever, not publisher blurbs.
Catalogue card
- Year
- 1894
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Form
- Short stories
- Genre
- Adventure, Children's
- Audience
- Children
- Era
- 19th century
- Movement
- Victorian
- Series
- —
- Length
- About 277 pages
- Reported copies
- Among the most retold children's books
- Kind
- Fiction