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About this audiobook
The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is "Seonee" (Seoni), in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. A major theme in the book is abandonment followed by fostering, as in the life of Mowgli, echoing Kipling's own childhood. The theme is echoed in the triumph of protagonists including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and The White Seal over their enemies, as well as Mowgli's. Another important theme is of law and freedom; the stories are not about animal behaviour, still less about the Darwinian struggle for survival, but about human archetypes in animal form. They teach respect for authority, obedience, and knowing one's place in society with "the law of the jungle", but the stories also illustrate the freedom to move between different worlds, such as when Mowgli moves between the jungle and the village. Critics have also noted the essential wildness and lawless energies in the stories, reflecting the irresponsible side of human nature.
The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont. All of the stories were previously published in magazines in 1894-5, often under different titles. The 1994 film
The Jungle Book used it as a source.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length12 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byPhil Chenevert, Frank Bryce, Anna Cohen
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMar 1, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Jungle Book: Opening Credits
19The Second Jungle Book: The Law of the Jungle
2The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Brothers
20The Second Jungle Book: The Miracle of Purun Bhagat
3The Jungle Book: Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack
21The Second Jungle Book: A Song of Kabir
4The Jungle Book: Kaa's Hunting
22The Second Jungle Book: Letting In the Jungle (Part 1)
5The Jungle Book: Road-Song of the Bandar-log
23The Second Jungle Book: Letting In the Jungle (Part 2)
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6The Jungle Book: "Tiger! Tiger!"
24The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli's Song Against People
7The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Song
25The Second Jungle Book: The Undertakers
8The Jungle Book: The White Seal
26The Second Jungle Book: A Ripple Song
9The Jungle Book: Lukannon
27The Second Jungle Book: The King's Ankus
10The Jungle Book: "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"
28The Second Jungle Book: The Song of the Little Hunter
11The Jungle Book: Darzee's Chaunt
29The Second Jungle Book: Quiquern
12The Jungle Book: Toomai of the Elephants
30The Second Jungle Book: "Angutivaun Taina"
13The Jungle Book: Shiv and the Grasshopper
31The Second Jungle Book: Red Dog (Part 1)
14The Jungle Book: Her Majesty's Servants
32The Second Jungle Book: Red Dog (Part 2)
15The Jungle Book: Parade-Song of the Camp Animals
33The Second Jungle Book: Chil's Song
16The Jungle Book: Closing Credits
34The Second Jungle Book: The Spring Running
17The Second Jungle Book: Opening Credits
35The Second Jungle Book: The Outsong
18The Second Jungle Book: How Fear Came
36The Second Jungle Book: Closing Credits
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