The Phantom Rickshaw - Softcover

Kipling, Rudyard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1434412903 ISBN 13: 9781434412904

Publisher: Wildside Press, 2024

Synopsis

This eerie novella delves into themes of guilt and psychological torment. The story follows Jack Pansay, a British colonial officer in India, who is haunted by the ghost of a former lover after treating her cruelly in life. As the phantom rickshaw continues to appear, his grip on reality begins to unravel. Kipling masterfully combines supernatural elements with a critique of colonial relationships and personal responsibility.

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About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Wildside Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1434412903
• ISBN 13: 9781434412904
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252