The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book is 50,670 words — about 3h 23m at 250 words per minute, across 19 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it free, here.
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Mowgli’s Brothers Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack Kaa’s Hunting Road-Song of the Bandar-Log “Tiger! Tiger!” Mowgli’s Song The White Seal Lukannon “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” Darzee’s Chant Toomai of the Elephants Shiv and the Grasshopper Her Majesty’s Servants Parade Song of the Camp Animals…
Details
- AuthorRudyard Kipling
- SourceProject Gutenberg #236
- Length50,670 words · 3h 23m of reading
- Chapters19
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
19 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01By Rudyard Kipling
- 02Mowgli’s Brothers
- 03Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack
- 04Kaa’s Hunting
- 05Road-Song of the Bandar-Log
- 06Mowgli’s Song
- 07The White Seal
- 08Seal Lullaby
- 09Lukannon
- 10Darzee’s Chant
- 11Toomai of the Elephants
- 12Shiv and the Grasshopper
- 13Her Majesty’s Servants
- 14ELEPHANTS OF THE GUN TEAMS
- 15GUN BULLOCKS
- 16CAVALRY HORSES
- 17SCREW-GUN MULES
- 18COMMISSARIAT CAMELS
- 19ALL THE BEASTS TOGETHER
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