The Man Who Would be King

by Rudyard Kipling

Overview

The Man Who Would be King (1888) is a short story by Rudyard Kipling chronicling the adventures of two British men who become kings in Kafiristan (now a province of Afghanistan).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787450219
Publisher:	T&T
Publication date:	04/28/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	50
File size:	680 KB

About the Author

Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888). His poems include "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919), "The White Man's Burden" (1899), and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature, and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift