The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book is 51,572 words — about 3h 26m at 250 words per minute, across 18 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it 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
- Length51,572 words · 3h 26m of reading
- Chapters18
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
18 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01Mowgli’s Brothers
- 02Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack
- 03Kaa’s Hunting
- 04Road-Song of the Bandar-Log
- 05Mowgli’s Song
- 06The White Seal
- 07Seal Lullaby
- 08Lukannon
- 09Darzee’s Chant
- 10Toomai of the Elephants
- 11Shiv and the Grasshopper
- 12Her Majesty’s Servants
- 13ELEPHANTS OF THE GUN TEAMS
- 14GUN BULLOCKS
- 15CAVALRY HORSES
- 16SCREW-GUN MULES
- 17COMMISSARIAT CAMELS
- 18ALL THE BEASTS TOGETHER
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