Download or read book The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Collector's Library. This book was released on 2005 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged in the order of their original publication and written during Kipling's time as a journalist in India, these seventeen short stories explore the themes of isolation and abandonment and the effects of the Indian caste system on society. Along with the title piece, the volume includes "Gemini," "A Wayside Comedy," "The Hill of Illusion," "Only a Subaltern," "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep," "Black Jack," and others.