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The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book

Original publication
1894
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
291
Difficulty
★☆☆
Genres
Children's Literature, Adventure
Translated from
English

Book summary

Mowgli, a child raised by wolves in the jungle, learns to survive among animals and understand their laws. Guided by Baloo the wise bear and Bagheera the protective panther, he grows between the human and wild worlds. But the threat of the tiger Shere Khan looms over him, forcing him to assert his place. Through his adventures, he discovers friendship, danger, and nature’s rules. This story blends initiation, action, and reflection on identity, offering a fascinating exploration of the boundary between civilization and instinct. The author creates a rich and immersive world.

The plot

A little boy raised by wolves. One evening, a baby escapes from the tiger Shere Khan and takes refuge with a family of wolves. Mother Wolf keeps him, names him Mowgli and raises him with her cubs.

The world of the book

A jungle where animals have their laws. The book takes place mostly in India. In the forest, the animals talk to one another. Their Law forbids, for example, eating humans.

The author

He was born in 1865 in Bombay, India. As a child, he spoke Hindustani, a language of India, before he spoke English.

The benefits of the bilingual method with Line-by-line synced layout

Every line of the original has its translation directly beneath it, at the same height. You never lose your place: your eye drops one line and lands on exactly the sentence it just read. This is the layout that lets you open a book in a language you barely know without ever giving up, and compare the two texts almost word for word.

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