The Man Who Would Be King: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 3 original MP3 tracks, 1:30:30 running time and a link to listen.
The Man Who Would Be King, credited to Rudyard Kipling, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Man Who Would Be King, by Rudyard Kipling. Read by Philippa. The Man Who Would Be King tells the story of two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. It was inspired by the exploits of James Brooke, an Englishman who became the "white Raja" of Sarawak in Borneo, and by the travels of American adventurer Josiah Harlan, who claimed the title Prince of Ghor. The story was first published in The Phantom Rickshaw and other Tales (Volume Five of the Indian Railway Library, published by A H Wheeler & Co of Allahabad in 1888). It also appeared in Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories in 1895, and in numerous later editions of that collection.It is the basis for John Huston’s 1975 film of the same name, starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine as the "kings", and Christopher Plummer as Kipling. (Summary from Wikipedia adapted by Philippa)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Man Who Would Be King
- Author credits: Rudyard Kipling
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 3
- Listed recording duration: 1:30:30
Catalogue topics
- fiction
- short stories
- kipling
- Afghanistan
- India
- adventure
Track guide
- 01 — 26:12
- 02 — 33:28
- 03 — 30:52
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