Rudyard kipling books list of books by author rudyard. King louie is a fictional character introduced in walt disneys 1967 animated musical film, the jungle book. Born in 1865 in bombay, where his father taught at an arts school, and then exiled as a boy to england, he returned to india as a teenager, and. First us edition 1991, stated, number line intact, very good oversize green cloth hardcover gilt lettering and decoration on cover, interior unread, very good dj corner price clipped, in brodart, 128 pages, rudyard kipling author, w color artwork by gregory alexander, many full or double page, childrens fiction, picture book, classic. Jungle book by kipling rudyard, first edition abebooks. Kipling s works of fiction include the jungle book 1894, kim 1901, and many short stories, including the man who would be king 1888. The inside story of rudyard kipling and the jungle book. Rudyard kipling was an english author famous for an array of works like just so stories, if and the jungle book. This past summer, an adaptation of the disney classic the jungle book opened up for a stint on the theatrical stage. Perceptions of race in three generations of the jungle book. He was born in india, which inspired much of his work. Not all the tales take place in this setting though as you have a tale about inuits, a white seal, rikkitikki the mongoose, other. Director mary zimmerman has reimagined the tale for the boston theater, drawing inspiration from both kipling s original 1894 short story collection and the 1967 disney animated feature film. The jungle book s stories of a human boy named mowgli raised by animals in the wild made for.
The jungle book was first published in 1894, and the second jungle book in 1895, and amongst the pages we read of mowgli, baloo, bagheera, shere khan and all the other characters that have become so well known. Apr 15, 2016 rudyard kipling was a writer of his time and place, just as we all are. Rudyard kipling was a writer of his time and place, just as we all are. Published in 1894, rudyard kipling s the jungle book proved to be a hit with young and old alike. King louie was portrayed as an orangutan who was the leader of the other jungle primates, and who attempted to gain knowledge of fire from mowgli, in order. His mother was alice macdonald, two of whose sisters married the highly successful 19thcentury painters sir edward. The jungle book 1894 is a collection of stories by the english author rudyard kipling. Escaping rudyard kipling s legacy the british author famous for the jungle book 1894, has been the subject of scholarly debate about his. Kipling happened to be a 19thcentury angloindian meaning not a man of mixed race but rather an englishman born in india, an older sense of the term. Unlike the majority of the adapted characters in the film, louie was not featured in rudyard kipling s original works. He couldnt possibly have written outside the sociocultural box into which he was born. Most of the characters are animals such as shere khan the tiger and baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or mancub mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. Kipling s father, john lockwood kipling, was an artist and scholar who had considerable influence on his sons work, became curator of the lahore museum, and is described presiding over this wonder house in the first chapter of kim, rudyard s most famous novel.