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The Jungle Book I & II
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Children everywhere have read and loved Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book—and continue to do so. Here Blackstone offers this collection of moral fables in its entirety.
Tales of Mowgli, the boy raised by animals in the exotic jungles of India; Rikkitikkitavi, a courageous young mongoose who battles the sinister black cobra Nag; Toomai, the boy who works with elephants; and more will delight listeners both young and old. These classic stories brim with adventure and thrills as the lively characters fend off ferocious tigers and deadly snakes, slip through the jungle to watch elephants dance, and seek refuge from dangerous hunters.
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- Julia
- 03-30-12
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I had a hard time deciding which edition of The Jungle Book to purchase. The piece of information missing from most every item description was the actual contents of the recording. A survey of the unabridged versions of both Jungle Books I & II yields vastly disparate running times. To assist the discerning shopper, allow me to confirm that this edition (Blackstone Audio - running time 11h 8m) is the complete compilation of all of the stories and poems of The Jungle Books (1 & 2), from "Night Song in the Jungle", the prelude to "Mowgli's Brothers", to "The Outsong", the postlude to "The Spring Running", and everything in between.
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- 04-09-14
Excellent reading of classic tales
I really enjoyed Ralph Cosham's narration. He does the voice of Bagheera so well, and it's different from Baloo or Mowgli. One note - this recording includes for the First and Second Jungle book. The Second Jungle Book, also narrated by Cosham, is available separately but I don't think you'd need it.
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What did you love best about The Jungle Book I & II?
I buy a bunch of audiobooks for my kids, but don't usually listen to them - I prefer reading my books myself. I started listening to this version of the Jungle Book to see the difference between it and the previous version I bought, and got totally sucked in. I listened to the story for hours after the kids were in bed, and was completely captivated the whole time. I love Ralph Cosham's narration, it's not distracting to me the way that a lot of audiobook narrators are and he does a good job of differentiating the characters without getting campy.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-02-16
Unabridged!
I really enjoyed/am enjoying this book. Ralph Cosham does a very good job with the voices and - an unabridged taping of all of The Jungle Book, plus the short stories! So exciting! I listened to The Jungle Book I and II, when I was young. We went from tapes to CDs to Audible. :)
For those of you looking for a story similar to the Disney story of the same name, this is not it. Not even close. This book is the original story written by Kipling. A wolf family saves a baby human from the dangerous tiger, Sher Kan. The story follows the wolf clan, Mowgli, Balu, and Bageera as the years pass. There are several adventures compiled together to create The Jungle Book.
It is raw, emotional, and at times, sad. Not a happy ever after story. Still, I will always recommend it.
Also a part of this set are some of Mr. Kipling other well known short stories about animals around the world which we also enjoyed. My young children spent a whole Sunday afternoon sprawled around the house listening happily to them. :)
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- Andy Craft
- 02-08-21
Track list
1. Mowgli’s brothers
2. Hunting song of the Seeonee Pack (poem)
3. Kaa’s hunting
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6. Mowgli’s song (poem)
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17. The miracle of purun bhagat
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19. Letting in the jungle
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- Jefferson
- 12-30-16
"Remember, Bagheera loved thee"
The seven stories of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894) and the eight of The Second Jungle Book (1895) make a set of compact and potent, finely-written tales. They include heroic adventures of violence, quest, coming of age, or transcendence; stories of origin, revenge, or identity; and cautionary tales. Kipling introduces and concludes each story with catchy poem-songs distilling its essence. Contrary to the Disney impression, Mowgli appears in but about half the stories. These form a composite novel relating the adoption by wolves of baby Mowgli, his growth into the Master of the Jungle, and his foretold return to human society. As for A. A. Milne, for Kipling growing up is sad.
Not all the stories occur in the jungles of India--for example, one is set in the Himalayas and one near the North Pole. However, nearly all take place in the metaphoric Jungle away from modern industrial civilization. Throughout, Kipling convincingly and respectfully imagines himself into various animals (from wild to domesticated) and into various people (from youths to old men) and into various cultures (from Indian to Inuit). Throughout, he empathizes with the animal victims of human activity (hunting, working, warring, etc.). Throughout, he shows a keen insight into human nature (e.g., "Men must always be making traps for men, or they are not content").
Here is an account of the tales.
The Jungle Book
-In "Mowgli's Brothers," Mowgli the Man Cub is adopted as a baby into a wolf family and pack, with the aid of his mentors Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther and the enmity of his foe the tiger Shere Kahn.
-In "Ka's Hunting," Mowgli draws the attention of the Bandar-log, dirty, fickle, anarchic, cocky monkeys not unlike human beings, and makes the acquaintance of the giant python Ka.
-"Tiger! Tiger!" resolves the conflict between Shere Kahn and Mowgli, amid the boy's difficulties fitting into a human village after getting exiled from the wolf pack for being a Man.
-"The White Seal" relates the quest of a unique seal, Kotick, to find an island where his people may live without being clubbed and skinned by men.
-"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is a compact epic whose heroic tropes range from the arrival by flood of the young mongoose to his descent into the underworld. Kipling's descriptions of Rikki and the cobras and their ruthless fights are vivid.
-"Toomai of the Elephants" evokes the unfathomable mystery of elephants when Little Toomai sees what no human has ever seen.
-In "Her Majesty's Servants" British army gun team elephants, gun battery bullocks, screw-gun mules, cavalry horses, and commissariat camels talk about their different ways of serving men during war.
The Second Jungle Book
-In "How Fear Came," Hathi the elephant tells a story explaining why animals live apart, why men kill animals, and why the tiger has stripes.
-"The Miracle of Purun Bhagat" concerns Purun Dass, a Brahmin Prime Minister, who at the peak of worldly success becomes a mendicant holy man in search of transcendence in the mountains.
-In "Letting in the Jungle" Mowgli tries to save his adoptive human parents from being burned alive and recruits his animal friends to visit a terrible punishment upon their village.
-"The Undertakers" depicts the funny and creepy conversation between three scavengers--a crane, a jackal, and a crocodile--ending with a violent, unpleasant, and fitting surprise.
-In "The King's Ankus" Mowgli learns how a bejeweled artifact can kill men in a way that recalls Chaucer's "The Pardoner's Tale."
-"Quiquern" is the grueling and moving coming of age story of Kotuko, a 14-year-old Inuit who must try to save his people during a terrible winter famine.
-In the brutal "Red Dog" Mowgli and the wolf pack (with help from Ka) take on an invading pack of 200 ruthless dogs (low creatures with hair between their toes).
-In "Spring Running" Mowgli's 17th spring finds him large, strong, clever, and beautiful, but also feeling contrary and poisoned, until his aging animal friends tell him he must return to men. Sex, unmentioned by Kipling, is everywhere.
Ralph Cosham does his usual spot-on, understated reading of the audiobook. His serpentine wise Ka, spooky white cobra, slow gun battery bullock, and sneaky jackal are great. I love Kipling's animal language, with elevated and archaic diction for predators (e.g., "Bagheera, why dost thou shake all over?") and animal points of view (e.g., they call fire "Red Flower" and money "The stuff that passes from hand to hand and never grows warmer"). And Cosham is the perfect reader to enhance Kipling's tight, vivid, beautiful, and savory writing:
-Mowgli was far and far through the forest, running hard, and his heart was hot in him.
-Halfway up the hill he met Bagheera with the morning dew shining like moonstones on his coat.
-Sometimes a tuft of high grass washed along his sides as a wave washes along the sides of a ship, and sometimes a cluster of wild-pepper vines would scrape along his back, or a bamboo would creak where his shoulder touched it. But between those times he moved absolutely without any sound, drifting through the thick Garo forest as though it had been smoke.
Some of the stories might not suit the interests of children. Kipling's Just So Stories (1902) is more child-friendly, his Captains Courageous (1897) less painful. But the Jungle Books are of a high literary quality that would enrich any reader, child or adult. As for Kipling supposedly being a white imperial apologist, I did cringe when told that "every well-brought-up mongoose always hopes to be a house mongoose some day," but such things are rare in these stories. Anyone interested in children's literature, animals, and passages like the one below should find much to enjoy in the Jungle Books:
"What is it? What is it?" he said. "I do not wish to leave the jungle, and I do not know what this is. Am I dying, Bagheera?"
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- lattetown
- 05-10-15
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These are all the classic tales in the Jungle Book... some of which I don't think I remember from when I was young like "Red Dog". I especially like the character voices of this narrator.
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- Kathy F.
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I've always loved these stories, and I really enjoyed the audible version. Mr. Cosham gave the characters different voices workout going "over the top" as some narraters I've heard, and I enjoyed the pace.
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- D. M. Meyer
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Great Narration
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- Andre
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Superb Storytelling
Would you consider the audio edition of The Jungle Book I & II to be better than the print version?
Given that I have never read the print versions of Jungle Book I & II, I am unable to consider it better than then audio editions. Nevertheless, I used the audio edition to my advantage. I listened to this book wherever and whenever I could. I took it places and enjoyed it in a way I could not do with a print book, such as while driving. I also listened to chapters again to catch what I have missed. If you do not have time to read the print version, listen to the audio edition while jogging, driving, or cooking.
What other book might you compare The Jungle Book I & II to and why?
Of Kipling's contemporaries, I compared his Jungle Book I & II to Joel Chandler Harris' "Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings." Both focused on the folklore and songs of a region, giving their stories an air of the exotic. Kipling did not write The Jungle Book for Indian readers but English, and Harris did not write Uncle Remus for African Americans but Anglo Americans. I still enjoy their works but I keep in mind that these stories would be different if written by Indians and African Americans, respectively.
What about Ralph Cosham’s performance did you like?
Ralph Cosham's performance has great range. He portrayed a variety of characters and accents, both animals and human. I heard The Jungle Book.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Moments in the book that particularly moved me were those where the movie and animated versions veered off from the text. I was surprised to read how Shere Khan really died. His original death showed cunning, collaboration, and coordination of Mowgli's part.
Any additional comments?
I listened to many of these stories twice to fully absorb details I missed the first time. Kipling is an exceptional storyteller worth reading and rereading his signature work.
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- Kaa
- 07-27-15
The Original Jungle book
I love the original Jungle Book and its very well read. i keep going back to this audio book and listening over and over again.
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- Verity
- 08-12-16
A masterpiece
The likes of this is seldom found nowadays. A delight and a treasure and Disney version does not do it justice.
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- Rhinny
- 10-06-21
Reasonable
I have the physical copy of The Jungle Book but couldn’t get into the writing style so when I saw the audiobook thought I would give it a go.
I liked the story and the narrator was ok. Whilst I understand it is unabridged which is my preference on audiobooks…
I wish that there was some acknowledgment of when the main Story of Mowgli has ended before going onto the short stories of afterwards in the first book.
It was easier to listen to then to read for me and not my typical writing style.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-22-21
22 08 2021
Absolutely Brilliant I Enjoyed It So Much Can’t Wait To Read More Books By Rudyard Kipling !
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- AmandaQuirky
- 12-20-20
Wonderful Narration of Favourite Tales
As problematic as Kipling's tales often are, they're indisputably brilliant observations of human and animal behaviour. Allowing for the various prejudices and scientific ignorance of the time, these stories are incredibly insightful and beautifully written. Personally, I find them magical, and I'm thrilled to have found an unabridged version.
As to the narration: I don't think it could be improved. This is better than versions using 5+ voice actors, and I've listened to the entire set of tales twice through, since buying it. Cosham's made a new fan this week.
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- Nathan Carr
- 10-22-20
truly, a classic novel.
Written in 1894, Kipling's love of India and it's animals is sure to warm anyone's heart. listening to these short stories again left me moved and nostalgic, recalling my mother reading it to me as a small child. Hearing Rikki-Tikki-Tavi again was an absolute joy. I also discovered new nuances in the wonderful Mowgli stories. You can not go wrong with this book.
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- Ian
- 08-14-19
The Mowgli collection is worth it.
With both books present I gave this a shot. The Mowgli stories show a rather interesting coming of age story and all the characters he meets, helps and fights were great additions, particularly Bagheera, Akela and Grey Brother.
Unfortunately the Mowgli stories are so good that the other stories just felt underwhelming, with the exception of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the Undertakers.
While Ralph isn't the most flexible narrator in terms of voice acting and the songs after each story he does provide a grim but intriguing overtone to both books.
If you liked Disney's film and want to hear the original stories as intended or just want a collection of, mostly, memorable stories give this a listen!
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- Matthew Ireland
- 07-25-16
A classic set of stories excellently narrated
Obviously the book itself is a classic, children's stories set in the jungles of India revolving around the interactions between man and animal and the Law of The Jungle. Chances are you know at least some of the Mowgli stories anyway and they are the best of the bunch for me. Not that the others are bad but those stand out. There are some poems interspersed which vary in quality but do help flesh out the background a bit. It's obviously written for kids and at times the language is overly simple for my taste but in the main I loved it. This was my first exposure to the book, having not read it in physical format before.
Cosham's narration is pitch perfect for me, he captures the poetic nature of the writing without making it sound like a recitation. Recommended.