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9780192836298

The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories

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  • ISBN13:

    9780192836298

  • ISBN10:

    0192836293

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-07-22
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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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.

Table of Contents

General Preface vii
Introduction xiii
Note on the Text xxxviii
Select Bibliography xl
A Chronology of Kipling's Life and Works xliii
The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes
3(23)
The Phantom 'Rickshaw
26(23)
Gemini
49(9)
A Wayside Comedy
58(12)
At Twenty-Two
70(11)
The Education of Otis Yeere
81(22)
The Hill of Illusion
103(10)
Dray Wara Yow Dee
113(9)
The Judgment of Dungara
122(9)
With the Main Guard
131(15)
In Flood Time
146(9)
Only a Subaltern
155(15)
Baa Baa, Black Sheep
170(28)
At the Pit's Mouth
198(6)
Black Jack
204(17)
On the City Wall
221(23)
The Man who would be King
244(36)
Explanatory Notes 280

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