Karen’s Reviews > The Works of Rudyard Kipling, One Volume Edition > Status Update

Finished A Second-Rate Woman
I’m sold on Kipling’s stories
I’m enjoying this

Started the next story about Mrs. Hauksbee and Mrs. Mallowe…The Second-Rate Woman
I love this gossipy pair!

Finished The Hill Of Illusion.
Kipling’s has a way with soap opera stories
He was way ahead of his time🤣❤️

Finished A Wayside Comedy.
Favorite quip:
“…the folly of her useless truthfulness…”

Thinking of Cary Grant as Boulte and Jimmy Stewart as Kurrell.

Finished A Wayside Comedy.
Which should be titled A Terribly Funny Farce.
Loved the description of the Man’s Wife:
“…deadily learned and evil-instructed…”

I KNOW women to whom that would apply!❣️

Finished The Education of Otis Yeere
Quite the turnabout tale.
I would have cast Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford 🥰❤️

Believe I am growing to like this Rudyard Kipling fellow’s sense of humor. 😆
Currently reading The Education Of Otis Yeere. About 1/2 way through.
If you’ve ever seen an old B&W movie called The Women? You would understand completely my love of this story.

A little farther into The Finest Story In The World.
A quote to make everyone giggle (via the teller of the story):
“I winced at the thought of my story being ruined by a housemaid.”
😆😆😆😆😆

1/2 way through The Finest Story In The World.
And it might just be ❤️🤣

Finished The Man Who Would Be King.
Fantastic story.
If you’ve never read it, you should, especially given our current “wanna-be kingship” here in the good old USA.
If you’ve never seen the movie starring Connery and Caine, you should. Both men claimed it was the best work they ever did (1975, I believe).
I tend to agree.