 My work here on YouTube is supported by viewers. Please take a look at the link in the description below and visit my page at 50th Street where you can become a sponsor. With my two most recent reviews being Victorian fiction, I thought I would stick with the theme and talk about the jungle books. I have read the jungle books and I say books because there are two of them published in 1895 and 1896 Consecutively, I believe only about half the stories in these books are about Mowgli the human baby who is raised in the jungle by wolves Some of the others are titles you will definitely recognize like the white seal and Ricky Tickey Tavi The name Mowgli of course today we associate mostly with Disney, but Mowgli's jungle book stories are much much darker than the Disney version It's a world that exists almost entirely in total darkness It's a place where every animal every living thing knows its place in the chain of life knows its place and its role in the world Except the monkeys and the apes who aspire to something better. They want the secret of fire They are not the silly jazz singing jokers from the animated film They're very dangerous and then of course, there's Mowgli who doesn't belong in the jungle at all and that's Ultimately the problem the stories go far beyond the endings of the film We've seen where Mowgli leaves his jungle friends behind and returns to the human village. It's frightening stuff It's creepy stuff Everything Kipling writes is creepy if you ask me. It's not just his subject matter It's the way Kipling turns a phrase. Nobody writes like Kipling all of Kipling's writing Reads as if somebody is whispering it to you Thank you for watching Please subscribe to my channel here on YouTube and please be sure to press that thumbs up button That's how videos get recommended and seen and please take a look at the link in the description below and go to my 50th Street page where you can become a sponsor