Kipling's stories about the man-cub Mowgli raised by wolves in the Indian jungle are darker and stranger than their Disney adaptation suggests. These aren't cute animal tales but sophisticated explorations of belonging, law, and the violence necessary for survival. Kipling writes the jungle as both paradise and killing ground, where every character from Baloo the bear to Shere Khan the tiger operates under ancient codes that humans have forgotten. This collection of Jungle Book stories explores themes of identity, wildness, and the Law of the Jungle in colonial India.
 
 
 
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