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The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories
The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories
Author: Rudyard Kipling
[Read by Fred Williams] — This collection brings together seventeen of Kipling's early stories, written between 1885 and 1888, when he 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 observatio...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781455166060
ISBN-10: 1455166065
Publication Date: 9/20/2012
Edition: Unabridged
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Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Book Type: Audio CD
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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This little omnibus contains fourteen of Kiplings best short stories. In addition to the title story, there are included The Phantom Rickshaw, Wee Willie Winkie, Baa Baa Black Sheep, and The Drums of the fore and Aft. In all it is an excellent introduction to one of the great masters of the short story.
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Basis of the cult classic film. And other stories.


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