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ID
b37
Title
'The King Who Lived on Air'
Genre
Story
Page Count
10
Word Count
2220
Publication Year
1929
Document Types
Children's Literature
Social Commentary
Fantasies

A fantasy involving an indolent king, insensitive to the suffering of his people, who discovers compassion before dying in a state of spiritual exaltation.

For similar pieces see 'The Seekers' and 'The Peach-Tree'.

In Seven Tales and Alexander (1929).