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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.

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36 works found:

Tales

A Bank Fraud
An Habitation Enforced
At the End of the Passage
Baa Baa, Black Sheep
Bitters Neat
Fairy-Kist
Friendly Brook
Haunted Subalterns
Her Little Responsibility
His Brother’s Keeper
His Majesty the King
In the Interests of the Brethren
In the Matter of a Private
In the Presence
In the Pride of His Youth
In the Same Boat
Mary Postgate
Mrs. Bathurst
Poor Dear Mamma
The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin
The Disturber of Traffic
The Dog Hervey
The House Surgeon
The Janeites
The Legs of Sister Ursula
The Miracle of Saint Jubanus
The Other Man
The Phantom Rickshaw
The Pit that they Digged
The Spring Running
The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes
The Tender Achilles
The Wandering Jew
The Woman in his Life
Thrown Away
With the Main Guard
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