The Man Who Would Be King - Softcover

Kipling, Rudyard; Rudyard Kipling

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936) was an English author and poet, born in India, and best known today for his children's books, including The Jungle Book (1894), The Second Jungle Book (1895), Just So Stories (1902), and Puck of Pook's Hill (1906); his novel, Kim (1901); his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), and "If-" (1910); and his many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and the collections Life's Handicap (1891), The Day's Work (1898), and Plain Tales from the Hills (1888). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story" his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best work speaks to a versatile and luminous narrative gift

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.,."a great resource for teaching the older British writers." -- J.M. Soling

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