The man who would be king, and other stories
Book - 2008
Overview: The Man who would be King', the tale of two vagabonds who attempt to establish a kingdom among primitive tribesmen, is both a classic of high adventure and a searching parable of Empire. This collection brings together seventeen of Kipling's early stories, written between 1885 and 1888, when Kipling was working as a journalist in India. Wry comedies of British officialdom alternate with glimpses into the harsh lives of the common soldiers and the Indian poor, revealing Kipling's legendary powers of observation and, in 'Baa Baa, Black Sheep' his own miserable childhood. From Mrs Hauksbee's Simla drawing-room to Mulvaney's cot in barracks, to the wild hills of Kafiristan, Kipling re-creates the Ind...ia he knew in stories by turns ironic and sentimental, compassionate and bitter, displaying the brilliance that has captivated readers for over a century. These seventeen stories explore the themes of isolation and abandonment and the effects of the caste system on Indian society.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Fiction
Political fiction
Short stories - Published
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Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press
2008.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- xlvi, 300 pages ; 20 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xl-xlii).
- ISBN
- 9780199536474
- Includes: The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes
- The Phantom Rickshaw
- The Hill of Illusion
- Dray Wara Yow Dee
- With the Main Guard
- Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
- At the Pit's Mouth
- On the City Wall