MAN WHO WOULD BE KING & OTHER STORIES, THE

With an Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.

This anthology of tales by Rudyard Kipling contains some of the most memorable and popular examples of the genre of which he is an undisputed master. The Man Who would be King (later adapted as a spectacular film) is a vivid narrative of exotic adventure and disaster.

The other tales include the ironic, horrific, poignant and haunting. Here Kipling displays his descriptive panache and realistic boldness. Shrewd, audacious, abrasive and challenging, he remains absorbingly readable.

Other stories include:

The Education of Otis Yeere

At the Pit's Mouth

A Wayside Comedy

The Hill of Illusion

A Second-Rate Woman

Only a Subaltern

The Phantom 'Rickshaw

My Own True Ghost Story

The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes

Wee Willie Winkie

Baa Baa, Black Sheep

His Majesty the King

The Drums of the Fore and Aft