The light turned off. Kipling R.J.

This is the first novel of Kipling, but the characteristic author’s style and the writer to the adventure genre are already quite marked here.

The difficult story of a talented artist who unexpectedly acquired a lot and after some time lost everything because of the fatal chance, associated with his difficult love. The story of Dick Hldar from afar begins - from childhood. As a child, he met and fell in love with Meisie. Then the action is transferred to Sudan. The capricious audience and a changeable fate lifted the hero to the top of glory, and he became a famous artist, depicting exotic countries and the horrors of the war of the fun of noble readers and spectators. For the second time, he meets Mezi, who is also engaged in painting.

and finally, after a series of dramatic and tragic incidents, the hero returns to Sudan. This is a sad story of a strong person.