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Kipling's stories are so vividly told that you are taken to the locales he describes. This collection also includes The Drums of the Fore and Aft (India), Mandalay, and Mary Postgate (a dark story set in England). These are not children's stories so if you only think of The Jungle Book when you consider reading Kipling, think again. The Man Who Would be King was made into a movie with I think Michael Caine, but I had never heard of the other stories. They are all good and it is easy to see why Kipling's work was so popular in his day.

mcfuller's review against another edition

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challenging reflective fast-paced

3.25

dozylocal's review against another edition

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3.0

Firstly, I don't usually like short stories. Secondly, the writing is old fashioned and takes some getting used to. That said, I really enjoyed some of the stories. Some others I struggled to understand. I'm glad I read it. Keen to see the movie of the title story too!

chazzerguy's review against another edition

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2.0

Has not aged well. Not terribly interesting or artful I'm afraid.

ianl1963's review against another edition

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4.0

Sean Barrett adds to the book IMHO.

The language makes interesting listening, unkown, Raj, dated and still used.

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4.0

My father always loved the Michael Cane/Sean Connery film adaptation, so I ventured to pick up this short story to see what the fuss was about. This book has a lot of clout for being so small, It's classic Kipling and the usual messages and tone are present, but the tragedy of the two protagonists really resounded with me for some reason. I think it was Peachey's hands and his descent into madness that left me feeling very eerie.

A great read.

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