The Jungle Books (Oxford World's Classics)
THE JUNGLE BOOKS, REGARDED AS CLASSIC STORIES TOLD BY AN ADULT TO CHILDREN AND BEST KNOWN FOR THE "MOWGLI" SERIES, ALSO CONSTITUTES A COMPLEX LITERARY WORK OF ART IN WHICH THE WHOLE OF KIPLING'S PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE IS EXPRESSED IN MINIATURE. THE STORIES, A MIXTURE OF FANTASY, MYTH AND MAGIC, ARE UNDERPINNED BY KIPLING'S ABIDING PREOCCUPATION WITH THE THEME OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND THE NATURE OF THE "LAW."
THE JUNGLE BOOKS, REGARDED AS CLASSIC STORIES TOLD BY AN ADULT TO CHILDREN AND BEST KNOWN FOR THE "MOWGLI" SERIES, ALSO CONSTITUTES A COMPLEX LITERARY WORK OF ART IN WHICH THE WHOLE OF KIPLING'S PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE IS EXPRESSED IN MINIATURE. THE STORIES, A MIXTURE OF FANTASY, MYTH AND MAGIC, ARE UNDERPINNED BY KIPLING'S ABIDING PREOCCUPATION WITH THE THEME OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND THE NATURE OF THE "LAW."