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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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42 works found:

Tales

A Bank Fraud
A Death in the Camp
A Doctor of Medicine
A Germ-Destroyer
A Second-rate Woman
At the End of the Passage
Beauty Spots
By Word of Mouth
His Brother’s Keeper
In the Same Boat
It!
Jews in Shushan
Little Tobrah
Marklake Witches
New Brooms
On Greenhow Hill
Only a Subaltern
Quo Fata Vocant
Surgical and Medical
The Children of the Zodiac
The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin
The Daughter of the Regiment
The Disturber of Traffic
The Last Relief
The Legs of Sister Ursula
The Likes o’ Us
The Mark of the Beast
The Naulahka
The Other Man
The Pit that they Digged
The Story of Muhammad Din
The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes
The Tender Achilles
The Tomb of His Ancestors
The Wandering Jew
The Wish House
The Woman in his Life
To be Filed for Reference
Unprofessional
Wireless
With Number Three
Without Benefit of Clergy
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