The Jungle Book
Complete textMowgli grows up among wolves, learning the rules that govern life in the jungle while facing enemies and divided loyalties. His adventures share the collection with other animal stories, including journeys and struggles in landscapes beyond the wolf pack's familiar world.
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The collection alternates storytelling with verse, giving animals distinct communities, customs, and forms of speech. Its tales repeatedly connect belonging with learned obligations rather than simple affection. Read the stories individually as well as together: their changing settings and protagonists prevent the book from being only a continuous account of Mowgli's childhood.
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Discover animal adventures linked by songs, communal rules, and the difficult work of learning where loyalty and belonging begin.
This reading edition contains 51,048 words in 14 original sections. Read the text online with adjustable type and three colour themes, or keep a printable PDF.
Author: Rudyard Kipling. Language: English. Reading edition: 28 October 2026.
Opening excerpt
Now Rann the Kite brings home the night That Mang the Bat sets free— The herds are shut in byre and hut For loosed till dawn are we. This is the hour of pride and power, Talon and tush and claw. Oh, hear the call!—Good hunting all That keep the Jungle Law! Night-Song in the Jungle
Contents
All sections- Mowgli’s Brothers34 min
- Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack1 min
- Kaa’s Hunting42 min
- Road-Song of the Bandar-Log1 min
- “Tiger! Tiger!”30 min
- Mowgli’s Song3 min
- The White Seal33 min
- Lukannon2 min
- “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”27 min
- Darzee’s Chant1 min
- Toomai of the Elephants34 min
- Shiv and the Grasshopper2 min
- Her Majesty’s Servants27 min
- Parade Song of the Camp Animals2 min
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This edition contains the complete English literary text, with 14 sections and 51,048 words. This reading edition preserves the checked English text and its section order. No study notes have been added.
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