The man who would be king, and other stories
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Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Book
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xlvi, 300 pages ; 20 cm.
Lexile measure:
1100L
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1100
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This collection brings together seventeen of Kipling's early stories, written between 1885 and 1888, when Kipling 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 observation, and in "Baa Baa, Black Sheep" his own miserable childhood. From Mrs. Hauksbee's Simla drawing-room to Mulvaney's cot in barracks, to the wild hills of Kafiristan, Kipling re-creates the India he knew in stories by turn ironic and sentimental, compassionate and bitter, displaying the brilliance that has captivated readers for over a century.

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English
ISBN:
9780199536474, 0199536473
Lexile measure:
1100

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [xl]-xlii)
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1100,Lexile.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Kipling, R., & Cornell, L. L. (2008). The man who would be king, and other stories. Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 and Louis L. Cornell. 2008. The Man Who Would Be King, and Other Stories. Oxford University Press.

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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 and Louis L. Cornell, The Man Who Would Be King, and Other Stories. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Kipling, Rudyard, and Louis L Cornell. The Man Who Would Be King, and Other Stories. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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