I am of the view that had Kipling not written 'The Jungle Books' then we might not have had later works like 'Animal Farm' and many others (not all of them animal fables) in which the reader will have detected the echoes of Kipling's great work. I think this might also have been true for a number of past generations, although rumour has it that it is less true today. For me, 'The Jungle Books' are the book of books. I ought to declare an interest from the outset. Mowgli '.carried his manners with his knife, and that never left him.' To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Continue without accepting’ or ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices or learn more. Third parties use cookies for the purposes of displaying and measuring personalised advertisements, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we will also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences, and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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