The man who would be king, and other stories: [& other stories]
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Arranged in the order of their original publication and written during Kipling's time as a journalist in India, these seventeen short stories explore the themes of isolation and abandonment and the effects of the Indian caste system on society. Along with the title piece, the volume includes "Gemini," "A Wayside Comedy," "The Hill of Illusion," "Only a Subaltern," "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep," "Black Jack," and others.
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9780192836298
9781400191109
9781843799122
184379912
9781483054322
9781400191109
9781843799122
184379912
9781483054322
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| auth_author2 | Burns, Rebecca., Cornell, Louis L., Taylor, George., Williams, Fred. |
| author | Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. |
| author-letter | Kipling, Rudyard, |
| author2 | Burns, Rebecca., Cornell, Louis L., Taylor, George., Williams, Fred., hoopla digital. |
| author2-role | Burns, Rebecca., Cornell, Louis L., Taylor, George.|Narrator, Williams, Fred.|Narrator, hoopla digital. |
| author_additional | Rudyard Kipling ; edited with an introduction by Louis L. Cornell., Rudyard Kipling., by Rudyard Kipling. |
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| display_description | Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King" is one of literature's greatest and most famous adventure stories. This stirring tale of two happy-go-lucky British ne'er-do-wells trying to carve out their own kingdom in the remote mountains of Afghanistan has also proved over time to be a work of penetrating and lasting political insight-amidst its raucous humor and swashbuckling bravado is a devastatingly astute dissection of imperialism and its heroic pretensions.Written when he was only twenty-two years old, the tale also features some of Kipling's most crystalline prose and one of the most beautifully rendered, spectacularly exotic settings he ever used. Best of all, it features two of his most unforgettable characters: the ultra-vivid Cockneys Peachy Carnahan and Daniel Dravot, who impart to the story its ultimate, astonishing twist. Also included in this collection are "Wee Willie Winkie," "The Drums of the Fore and Aft," "Mary Postgate," and "The Maltese Cat." |
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| publishDate | 1987, 2006, 2009, 2015 |
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| subject_facet | Afghanistan -- Fiction, British -- Afghanistan -- Fiction, Kings and rulers -- Fiction, Manners and customs -- Fiction, Short stories |
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| title | The man who would be king, and other stories [& other stories] |
| title_display | The man who would be king, and other stories |
| title_full | Man who would be king [electronic resource] : and other stories / Rudyard Kipling, The Man Who Would be King and Other Stories, The man who would be king [electronic resource] : [& other stories] / by Rudyard Kipling, The man who would be king, and other stories / Rudyard Kipling, The man who would be king, and other stories / Rudyard Kipling ; edited with an introduction by Louis L. Cornell |
| title_short | The man who would be king, and other stories |
| title_sort | man who would be king, and other stories |
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| topic | Classic Literature, Fiction, Short Stories |
| topic_facet | Classic Literature, Fiction, Short Stories |
