The Man Who Would Be King : and Other Stories Paperback / softback
by Rudyard Kipling
Edited by Louis L. Cornell
Part of the Oxford World's Classics series
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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 India he knew in stories by turns ironic and sentimental, compassionate and bitter, displaying the brilliance that has captivated readers for over a century.
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- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:12/06/2008
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:12/06/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199536474
