Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling)
About this book
Originally written for the Lahore Civil and Military Gazette, the stories were intended for a provincial readership familiar with the pleasures and miseries of colonial life. For the subsequent English edition, Kipling revised the tales so as to recreate as vividly as possible the sights and smells of India for those at home. Yet far from being a celebration of Empire, Kipling's stories tell of 'heat and bewilderment and wasted effort and broken faith'. He writes brilliantly and hauntingly about the barriers between the races, the classes and the sexes; and about innocence, not transformed into experience but implacably crushed.
Reader Profile
3.7/5 · 8 readers · 251 pages · ≈ 4 h 39 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling)?
About ≈ 4 h 39 m — 251 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling)?
251 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling)?
It sits on the Short Stories, History, Fiction shelves.
Is Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling) in the public domain?
Yes — it is free to read and share.
Who are the main characters in Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling)?
The main characters include Terence Mulvaney, Stanley Ortheris, John Learoyd, Arye Hashavia.
Who wrote Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling)?
Rudyard Kipling.
Where can I read Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling) online for free?
It is in the public domain — read it free on Open Library. Open Library