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.

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  - Mowgli
  - Mrs Hauksbee
  - Puck
  - Pyecroft
  - Soldiers Three
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  - The Young
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- References
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  - Boy Scouts
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  - Dreams
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  - Freemasonry
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  - Jane Austen
  - Literary allusion
  - Motoring
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  - The Bible
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  - Tobacco
- Settings
  - Afghanistan
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  - Heaven or Hell
  - India
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  - Lahore
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  - Malaysia
  - New Zealand
  - Russia
  - Simla
  - South Africa
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  - Sussex
  - The Sea
  - United States
  - Vermont
- Themes
  - Duty
  - Empire
  - Fable
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  - Humour
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  - Politics
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  - Retribution
  - Science or Technology
  - Stress
  - Supernatural
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- Work
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  - Priests
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  - Spies
  - Working life
  - Writing

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14 works found:

Tales

‘Swept and Garnished’

‘Love-o’-Women’

‘The Finest Story in the World’

At the End of the Passage

In the Same Boat

The Army of a Dream – I

The Army of a Dream – II

The Brushwood Boy

The Children of the Zodiac

The Dream of Duncan Parrenness

The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows

The Last of the Stories

The Red Lamp

The Tender Achilles