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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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24 works found:

Tales

A Centurion of the Thirtieth
A Doctor of Medicine
A Village Rifle Club
An Habitation Enforced
Below the Mill Dam
Cold Iron
Friendly Brook
Marklake Witches
My Son’s Wife
Old Men at Pevensey
Railway Reform in Great Britain
Simple Simon
Steam Tactics
The Conversion of St. Wilfrid
The Knights of the Joyous Venture
The Lamentable Comedy of Willow Wood
The Tabu Tale
The Treasure and the Law
The Tree of Justice
The Vortex
The Wrong Thing
They
Weland’s Sword
Young Men at the Manor
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