Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories
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'The Man Who Would be King' is the story of two British vagabonds who set off to establish a small kingdom among primitive tribesmen in Afghanistan. Only one of the men returns, and his condition is so bad that the newspaperman-narrator barely recognizes him.This collection brings together seventeen of Kipling's early stories, written between 1885 and 1888, when Kipling was working as a journalist in India. The stories include: 'The Phantom Rickshaw, ' 'Baa Baa, Black Sheep, ' 'At the Pit's Mouth, ' 'A Wayside Comedy, ' 'Gemini, ' 'The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes, ' 'At Twenty-Two, ' and 'With the Main Guard.'Audiobook read by Fred Williams.
General PrefaceIntroductionNote on the TextSelect BibliographyA Chronology of Kipling's Life and WorksThe Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes3The Phantom 'Rickshaw26Gemini49A Wayside Comedy58At Twenty-Two70The Education of Otis Yeere81The Hill of Illusion103Dray Wara Yow Dee113The Judgment of Dungara122With the Main Guard131In Flood Time146Only a Subaltern155Baa Baa, Black Sheep170At the Pit's Mouth198Black Jack204On the City Wall221The Man who would be King244Explanatory Notes280
