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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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43 works found:

Tales

A Madonna of the Trenches
At the End of the Passage
By Word of Mouth
Cold Iron
Dymchurch Flit
For One Night Only
Haunted Subalterns
His Brother’s Keeper
In the House of Suddhoo
In the Same Boat
Marklake Witches
My Own True Ghost Story
Of Those Called
On the Gate
Quo Fata Vocant
Sleipner, late Thurinda
Swept and Garnished
The Bisara of Pooree
The Bridge-Builders
The Broken-Link Handicap
The Brushwood Boy
The Courting of Dinah Shadd
The Dog Hervey
The Dream of Duncan Parrenness
The Finest Story in the World
The Gardener
The House Surgeon
The Knife and the Naked Chalk
The Last of the Stories
The Last Relief
The Lost Legion
The Mark of the Beast
The Phantom Rickshaw
The Red Lamp
The Return of Imray
The Rout of the White Hussars
The Sending of Dana Da
The Solid Muldoon
The Wish House
They
Tiglath Pileser
Weland’s Sword
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