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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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40 works found:

Tales

A Flight of Fact
A Matter of Fact
A Menagerie Aboard
A Naval Mutiny
A Priest in Spite of Himself
A Sea Dog
A Smoke of Manila
A Tour of Inspection
An Unqualified Pilot
Bread upon the Waters
Brother Square-Toes
Bubbling Well Road
Captains Courageous
Dymchurch Flit
Erastasius of the Whanghoa
Hal o’ the Draft
Ham and the Porcupine
How the Whale got his Throat
It!
Judson and the Empire
Of Those Called
Sea Constables
Simple Simon
The Bonds of Discipline
The Burning of the “Sarah Sands”
The Conversion of St. Wilfrid
The Devil and the Deep Sea
The Dog Hervey
The Finest Story in the World
The House Surgeon
The Knights of the Joyous Venture
The Limitations of Pambé Serang
The Manner of Men
The New Dispensation—II
The Red Lamp
The Ship That Found Herself
The White Seal
The Wreck of the Visigoth
Their Lawful Occasions – part I
Their Lawful Occasions – part II
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