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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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32 works found:

Tales

A Flight of Fact
A Menagerie Aboard
A Naval Mutiny
A Sea Dog
A Smoke of Manila
A Tour of Inspection
An Unqualified Pilot
Bread upon the Waters
Captains Courageous
Erastasius of the Whanghoa
Hal o’ the Draft
Ham and the Porcupine
How Shakespeare came to write The Tempest
Judson and the Empire
Mrs. Bathurst
Of Those Called
Sea Constables
Simple Simon
Steam Tactics
The Bonds of Discipline
The Burning of the “Sarah Sands”
The Devil and the Deep Sea
The Finest Story in the World
The Horse Marines
The Knights of the Joyous Venture
The Limitations of Pambé Serang
The Manner of Men
The New Dispensation—II
The Red Lamp
The Wreck of the Visigoth
Their Lawful Occasions – part I
Their Lawful Occasions – part II
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