The Light that failed / Kipling, Rudyard

Heralding the arrival of one of England's great literary geniuses, this story of Dick Heldar, the young artist who went blind before he could complete a masterpiece, is perhaps one of the best known and most loved of modern classics.

Dick Heldar, a young painter, goes to Soudan with an expedition and returns to London on the verge of blindness. He applies himself with zeal to the completion of 'Melancholia,' his masterpiece, and loses his sight and his beloved.

Dick Heldar, a young painter, goes to Soudan with an expedition and returns to London on the verge of blindness. He applies himself with zeal to the completion of 'Melancholia,' his masterpiece, and loses his sight and his beloved.

Heralding the arrival of one of England's great literary geniuses, this story of Dick Heldar, the young artist who went blind before he could complete a masterpiece, is perhaps one of the best known and most loved of modern classics.

Heralding the arrival of one of England's great literary geniuses, this story of Dick Heldar, the young artist who went blind before he could complete a masterpiece, is perhaps one of the best known and most loved of modern classics.