Folio Archives 249: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling 1992
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The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling 1992
If you haven’t read The Jungle Book, then you a missing a classic part of English literature. It is a mainstay of stories for children, but the tales also have adult meanings. Kipling’s complex morality is reflected in the stories, which form a philosophy of life.
The stories involve a variety of animals that find themselves in interesting predicaments that are a mixture of fantasy, magic, myth and the laws of life. The stories are entertaining for people of any age.
The characters are mainly animals including a tiger, a bear and elephants. A principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in an Indian jungle, a place with which Kipling was very familiar.
My criticism of this edition is that the paintings are too dark and brown. I would have expected more green and brightness in the full sun of a tropical setting.
The 192 page book has 16 colour illustrations by Maurice & Edward Detmold. It is bound in green cloth blocked with a cover design in black and gold. The endleaves are pale yellow, and the dark green slipcase is 26x20cm.. There is a two page preface, but no introduction or afterword.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
If you haven’t read The Jungle Book, then you a missing a classic part of English literature. It is a mainstay of stories for children, but the tales also have adult meanings. Kipling’s complex morality is reflected in the stories, which form a philosophy of life.
The stories involve a variety of animals that find themselves in interesting predicaments that are a mixture of fantasy, magic, myth and the laws of life. The stories are entertaining for people of any age.
The characters are mainly animals including a tiger, a bear and elephants. A principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in an Indian jungle, a place with which Kipling was very familiar.
My criticism of this edition is that the paintings are too dark and brown. I would have expected more green and brightness in the full sun of a tropical setting.
The 192 page book has 16 colour illustrations by Maurice & Edward Detmold. It is bound in green cloth blocked with a cover design in black and gold. The endleaves are pale yellow, and the dark green slipcase is 26x20cm.. There is a two page preface, but no introduction or afterword.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
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I have the newer red editions (Just So Stories as well), the illustrations are the same but seem to have better contrast in mine.
That said, I love Kipling and love these editions and cannot wait to share them with my son. The illustrations in these are fantastic and on point.
That said, I love Kipling and love these editions and cannot wait to share them with my son. The illustrations in these are fantastic and on point.
