Kipling
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The Jungle Book: Returning to Rudyard Kipling – Episode 32
This week, I revisit Rudyard Kipling and his famous feral child Mowgli. The Jungle Book is one of my favorite Disney stories, but I did not like the book as a child. How does it read now that I’m older? (And when is that new movie coming out?!) Sources / Further reading:My Boy Jack (2007) Continue reading
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"In the Rukh" – Mowgli’s Sequel
Like many famous characters, Mowgli makes his debut in a different time frame than we are accustomed to seeing him. “In the Rukh” shows the feral child now grown to be a young man, having some of the same traits as young Mowgli – his distrust of settlements, for one – in addition to a Continue reading
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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