The Jungle Book (A masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning master Kipling) (A masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning master Kipling)

Author: Rudyard Kipling
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: Entertaining animal stories, a highly acclaimed masterpiece of fantasy literature, and a timeless classic of adventure novels. The author, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), was a British novelist and poet. In 1907, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his "microscopic observation, unique imagination, grandeur of style, and exceptional narrative skills." The Jungle Book is the best embodiment of his outstanding talent. The book was praised by readers worldwide upon its release. The Jungle Book consists of eight stories about the wolf child Mowgli growing up in the wild Indian jungle with animals, selected from his The Jungle Book (1984) and The Second Jungle Book (1895). Little Mowgli was abandoned in the jungle, and the brave wolf mother rescued him from the tiger's mouth and raised him in the wolf pack. The brown bear Baloo taught him the laws of the jungle and how to communicate with various animals, while the black panther Bagheera taught him hunting and survival skills. When Mowgli was kidnapped by monkeys, the clever and powerful rock python Kaa drove away the monkeys and saved him. The evil tiger Shere Khan always schemed to eat Mowgli, but with the help of the lone wolf and the Gray Brothers, Mowgli led a herd of cattle to crush the tiger to death and stripped its skin. He also led the elephant Hathi to raid villages. Together with the rock python Kaa, he surveyed the terrain, set clever traps, lured the enemy deeper, and defeated the pack of wild dogs that came to attack.