THE PHILOSOPHICAL PESSIMISM OF THE LIGHT THAT FAILED.

Light That Failed, The (Book); Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936; British authors; Pessimism in literature; Literary characters

A literary criticism for "The Light That Failed," a novel by English author Rudyard Kipling, that has been considered an embarrassing failure, is presented. Topics discussed include palpable sense of misery in the novel partly to Kipling's experiences at the time that he was writing; the artistic purpose of the work; and the philosophical pessimist lies mainly in his characterization of the world.