The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly

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"The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling, included in his collection *Plain Tales from the Hills*, that satirically portrays the misadventures and mistaken identity of a vain young British officer in colonial India.

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The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ
author Rudyard Kipling ⓘ
authorNationality British ⓘ
collection Plain Tales from the Hills ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts British officers in India ⓘ
colonial administration ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Kipling’s Anglo-Indian stories ⓘ
firstPublicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
genre colonial literature ⓘ
comic fiction ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasLiteraryForm prose ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter Lieutenant Golightly ⓘ
includedIn Plain Tales from the Hills ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Anglo-Indian literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Lieutenant Golightly ⓘ
narrativeMode short narrative ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalPublicationMedium Plain Tales from the Hills ⓘ
partOfAuthorCareerPhase early works of Rudyard Kipling ⓘ
portrays consequences of mistaken identity ⓘ
misadventures of a vain young officer ⓘ
protagonistOccupation British army officer ⓘ
settingLocation British India ⓘ
colonial India ⓘ
theme British colonial life ⓘ
military culture ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
vanity ⓘ
tone humorous ⓘ
ironic ⓘ

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Plain Tales from the Hills → hasPart → The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly ⓘ