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Themes in Kipling's works

The lists below enable you to search for works that express a particular theme, are set in a particular place, refer to particular people or animals, or include other specific references.

To search select a particular theme or themes by checking its box. If you select more than one the system will only bring back those tales that refer to ALL those selected. When you are ready click the ‘Search’ button below.

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32 works found:

Tales

A Friend of the Family
A Naval Mutiny
A Sea Dog
A Smoke of Manila
A Tour of Inspection
Black Jack
Dray Wara Yow Dee
Erastasius of the Whanghoa
Fairy-Kist
Gemini
Hal o’ the Draft
His Private Honour
In the House of Suddhoo
In the Matter of a Private
Little Tobrah
Namgay Doola
On Greenhow Hill
The Amir’s Homily
The Church that was at Antioch
The Devil and the Deep Sea
The Likes o’ Us
The Limitations of Pambé Serang
The Mark of the Beast
The Mutiny of the Mavericks
The Naulahka
The New Dispensation—II
The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot
The Return of Imray
The Son of his Father
The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes
The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat
The Wrong Thing
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