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The Man Who Would Be King: Selected Stories of Rudyard Kipling (Penguin
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The Man Who Would Be King: Selected Stories of Rudyard Kipling (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 2011

by Kipling, Rudyard

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Rudyard Kipling is one of the most magical storytellers in the English language. Written over a period of five years, from 1885 to 1888, the seventeen stories in this collection offer a wry, vivid, and captivating glimpse of the development of Kipling's oeuvre over fifty years: the harsh, cruel realism that marks his most memorable works, the experimental modernism of his middle period, and the highly wrought subtleties of his later pieces. "The Man Who Would Be King" is a far-fetched adventure that serves as a parable of colonialism, while other stories feature tales of criminals, ghosts, femmes fatales, madness, and murder.

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Penguin Classics, 2011-03-03. Paperback. Good. 3.1976 in x 19.3853 in x 12.5904 in. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition.
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  • Title The Man Who Would Be King: Selected Stories of Rudyard Kipling (Penguin Classics)
  • Author Kipling, Rudyard
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 608
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Classics
  • Date 2011-03-03
  • Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000317787
  • ISBN 9780141442358 / 0141442352
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.43 x 5.55 x 1.13 in (18.87 x 14.10 x 2.87 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 1100
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: Indian
  • Library of Congress subjects Afghanistan, Short stories
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Rudyard Kipling is one of the most magical storytellers in the English language. Written over a period of five years, from 1885 to 1888, the seventeen stories in this collection offer a wry, vivid, and captivating glimpse of the development of Kipling's oeuvre over fifty years: the harsh, cruel realism that marks his most memorable works, the experimental modernism of his middle period, and the highly wrought subtleties of his later pieces. "The Man Who Would Be King" is a far- fetched adventure that serves as a parable of colonialism, while other stories feature tales of criminals, ghosts, femmes fatales, madness, and murder.

From the publisher

Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865. During his time at the United Services College, he began to write poetry, privately publishing Schoolboy Lyrics in 1881. The following year he started work as a journalist in India, and while there produced a body of work, stories, sketches, and poems —including “Mandalay,” “Gunga Din,” and “Danny Deever”—which made him an instant literary celebrity when he returned to England in 1889. While living in Vermont with his wife, an American, Kipling wrote The Jungle Books, Just So Stories, and Kim—which became widely regarded as his greatest long work, putting him high among the chronicles of British expansion. Kipling returned to England in 1902, but he continued to travel widely and write, though he never enjoyed the literary esteem of his early years. In 1907, he became the first British writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize. He died in 1936

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About the author

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in Bombay. During his time at the United Services College, he began to write poetry, privately publishing Schoolboy Lyrics in 1881. The following year he started work as a journalist in India, and while there produced a body of work, stories, sketches, and poems --including "Mandalay," "Gunga Din," and "Danny Deever"--which made him an instant literary celebrity when he returned to England in 1889. While living in Vermont with his wife, an American, Kipling wrote The Jungle Books, Just So Stories, and Kim--which became widely regarded as his greatest long work, putting him high among the chronicles of British expansion. Kipling returned to England in 1902, but he continued to travel widely and write, though he never enjoyed the literary esteem of his early years. In 1907, he became the first British writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize.

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