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The Light That Failed

Written by: Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by: Donna Barkman
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Rudyard Kipling was the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature (1907). In addition to writing children's stories such as The Jungle Books and the Just So Stories, he wrote a number of classic novels about the time of British Imperialism including Kim and this audiobook. This book was published in 1891 and is a story of a lonely child, Dick Helder, who grows up to become a war artist. Following the British army into battle, he experiences many difficulties and internal struggles while providing some outstanding descriptions of the desert and desert warfare.
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