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The Jungle Book I & II

By: Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
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Summary

Children everywhere have read and loved Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book—and continue to do so. Here Blackstone offers this collection of moral fables in its entirety.

Tales of Mowgli, the boy raised by animals in the exotic jungles of India; Rikki-tikki-tavi, a courageous young mongoose who battles the sinister black cobra Nag; Toomai, the boy who works with elephants; and more will delight listeners both young and old.

These classic stories brim with adventure and thrills as the lively characters fend off ferocious tigers and deadly snakes, slip through the jungle to watch elephants dance, and seek refuge from dangerous hunters.

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Critic reviews

“Though these marvelous tales were written in Victorian times, they are still worthy of being read and enjoyed by today’s youngsters. Fantasy is currently very popular with young readers, and here are stories in this genre that are truly excellent.”

“The gift of writing for children is an unaccountable one, bestowed erratically and falling in unexpected places. Mr. Kipling has it in the fullest measure…Certainly the Jungle stories have never been approached in excellence by any other of his prose tales. The field is all his own, and he is safe even from imitators.”

“No child should be allowed to grow up without reading the Jungle Books. Published in 1894 and 1895, the stories crackle with as much life and intensity as ever…Young readers will be caught up by the stories, swinging from page to page, breathless, thrilled, and terrified.”

“Neither allegory nor fairy tale; it rises through imagination to something higher. Mr. Kipling does not use the animals of the jungle to illustrate human nature. He makes them akin…An art that is at once greater, more modern, and more human than any we have known.”
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Masterfully written, could have been written today. Narrator is great, shall seek out other stuff they've done.

Fantastic Wordsmith

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It's great fun to listen to a story with characters you grew up watching. If you're expecting it to be like Disney it is quite different, darker slightly and less silly. It's hard to believe this book is over 130 years old. One odd thing to me is the old fashioned language. Yes, it's an old book, but the language almost seems Shakespearean; thee, thou, wouldst, thy, etc.

Great fun

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The likes of this is seldom found nowadays. A delight and a treasure and Disney version does not do it justice.

A masterpiece

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I am doing a tour of the ‘classics’, which is certainly no easy going. Horrors like Moby Dick and Little women makes you doubt the sanity of the wisdom of the crowds.

As a result, I was really pleased with these books. Interesting, funny and novel. Greatly recommended!

A true classic!

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Absolutely Brilliant I Enjoyed It So Much Can’t Wait To Read More Books By Rudyard Kipling !

22 08 2021

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