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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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35 works found:

Tales

Below the Mill Dam
Dayspring Mishandled
How Shakespeare came to write The Tempest
In the Presence
In the Rukh
My First Book
Naboth
Namgay Doola
On Exhibition
On the Gate
Proofs of Holy Writ
Regulus
Slaves of the Lamp – part I
The Adoration of the Mage
The Amir’s Homily
The Betrayal of Confidences
The Bow Flume Cable-Car
The Church that was at Antioch
The City of Dreadful Night
The Courting of Dinah Shadd
The Dog Hervey
The Dream of Duncan Parrenness
The Enemies to Each Other
The Finest Story in the World
The Impressionists
The Janeites
The Last of the Stories
The Last Term
The Manner of Men
The Propagation of Knowledge
The Shadow of His Hand
The Three Young Men
The United Idolaters
To be Filed for Reference
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