The Light that Failed (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Rudyard Kipling

Overview

Published in 1890, The Light that Failed tells the story of Dick Heldar, a soldier and artist wounded in the Sudan who returns to London to paint his masterpiece as his eyesight rapidly fails.  The novel first appeared in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, but Kipling changed the ending for its publication in book form.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411436213
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	02/08/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	874,438
File size:	255 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), called the “prophet of British imperialism” by George Orwell, became a past master of the short story, as well as a tireless poet. The first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize in literature (1907), his fiction and poetry include such works as The Jungle Book, The Light That Failed, and “Gunga Din.”