The Second Jungle Book

by Rudyard Kipling

Overview

The Second Jungle Book includes five further stories about Mowgli, an abandoned man-cub who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families and communities. As with much of Kipling's work, each of the stories is preceded by a piece of verse, and succeeded by another.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781669303
Publisher:	Andrews UK
Publication date:	06/22/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	402 KB

About the Author

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author Henry James famously said of him: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English language writer to receive the prize, and he remains today its youngest-ever recipient. Among other honours, he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, all of which he rejected.