Rudyard Kipling 
The Two Jungle Books (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

Kipling’s timeless classic, featuring such tales as ‘Mowlgli’s Brothers, ‘ ‘Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, ‘ ‘Tiger! Tiger!’ and ‘Kaa’s Hunting.’  Here are Baloo and Bagheera, Kaa and Shere Khan—as well as the man-cub, Mowgli, in the hands of their original creator.

Circa l’autore

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), called the “prophet of British imperialism” by George Orwell, became a pastmaster of the short story, as well as a tireless poet. The first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature (1907), his fiction and poetry include such works as The Jungle Book, The Light That Failed, and “Gunga Din.”