The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Search eText, Read Online, Study, Discuss. These are the stories of Mowgli "the frog," a man-cub raised by wolves, and his journey to adulthood with the help of Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther, and many other memorable characters.
The tales of Mowgli became a Disney movie classic, and the tale of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the mongoose has also been adapted many times over, but the film versions are nowhere near as classic as this timeless book. --Submitted by Peter Whitlock Rudyard Kipling is not only a master of the English language, he is a master teller of tall tales who understands animals and people, their habits and 19th century India. His stories are a mix of credibility, delightful critters and colorful characters mixed with a touch of poetic license. The Jungle Book is timeless and filled with stories for children of all ages.
Deep truths and deep insights into and from the human and animal conditions; Kipling's Jungle Book remain a priceless treasure to all. Fan of this book? Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a 1994 American adventure film co-written & directed by Stephen Sommers, based on the Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.[4] The film stars Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli, Cary Elwes as his adversary Captain Boone, and Lena Headey as Mowgli's eventual love interest Kitty.
Plot[edit] During the times of the British Raj in India, Mowgli is the 5-year-old son of the widowed Nathoo, whose wife was a victim of maternal death. Nathoo works as a tour guide. On one of his tours, he is leading Colonel Geoffrey Brydon and his men as well as Brydon's 5-year-old daughter Katherine, with whom Mowgli nicknames "Kitty" and is close friends. That night, Shere Khan attacks the encampment, killing some soldiers who had been hunting for fun in the jungle earlier, which had enraged Khan. Meanwhile, Boone and his friends (Lieutenant Wilkins and Sergeant Harley) team up with Buldeo and his confederate; Tabaqui. Cast[edit] Legacy[edit] The Jungle Book.
Rudyard Kipling. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[5] Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known.
"[5] In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and to date he remains its youngest recipient.[8] Among other honours, he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, all of which he declined.[9] Early childhood life[edit] Rudyard Kipling was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, to Alice Kipling (née MacDonald) and (John) Lockwood Kipling.[16] Alice (one of four remarkable Victorian sisters)[17] was a vivacious woman[18] about whom a future Viceroy of India would say, "Dullness and Mrs. Kipling cannot exist in the same room Back to India[edit] London[edit]