The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
Mowgli, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the animals of India
- Free
- Free
- Read only
- chapters
- 7
- chapters
- min
- ~231
- min
- First published
- 1894
- English
About this book
Mowgli the wolf-boy, Baloo the bear, Bagheera, Kaa and Shere Khan, plus Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the mongoose and Toomai of the Elephants. All seven stories of Kipling’s classic, each with its jungle song.
Author: Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
Contents
Why this book is free
- Rudyard Kipling died in 1936; Indian copyright (life + 60 years) has ended.
- First published in 1894 (before 1931), so public domain in the United States.
- Source: Project Gutenberg eBook #236 — Macmillan, 1894 text
- All seven stories. Kipling’s songs and verses are kept: each story opens with its verse and closes with its song, set under its own heading. Verses are shown one line per paragraph. The pictures are not included.