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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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31 works found:

Tales

A Burgher of the Free State
A Germ-Destroyer
A Supplementary Chapter
A Walking Delegate
As Easy as A.B.C.
Below the Mill Dam
Brother Square-Toes
Consequences
Gloriana
Letters on Leave
My Great and Only
On the City Wall
One View of the Question
Railway Reform in Great Britain
The Army of a Dream – part I
The Army of a Dream – part II
The Benefactors
The Captive
The Comprehension of Private Copper
The Edge of the Evening
The Enlightenments of Pagett, M.P.
The Flag of their Country
The History of a Fall
The Likes o’ Us
The Man Who Would Be King
The Mutiny of the Mavericks
The Prophet and the Country
The Treasure and the Law
The Tree of Justice
The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat
Tods’ Amendment
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