The Man Who Would Be King

Rudyard Kipling

• Stories
• Book language: English
• 38 pages

The Man Who Would Be King is a short adventure story by Rudyard Kipling, set in British India. It follows two British adventurers who set out for a remote mountain region, hoping to find fortune and become rulers. It is worth listening for its vivid narrative and its questions about ambition, friendship, and empire.

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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).

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