The Kingdom That Failed

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• Author: newyorker.com
• Full Title: The Kingdom That Failed
• Category:#media/article
• URL: https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction/the-kingdom-that-failed

Highlights

• I decided to give this story the title “The Kingdom That Failed” because I happened to read an article in the evening paper that day about an African kingdom that had failed. “To see a splendid kingdom fade away,” it said, “is far sadder than seeing a second-rate republic collapse.”

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title: The Kingdom That Failed author: newyorker.com url: https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction/the-kingdom-that-failed date: 2022-02-15 source: hypothesis tags: media/articles

The Kingdom That Failed

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• Author: newyorker.com
• Full Title: The Kingdom That Failed
• Category:#articles
• URL: https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction/the-kingdom-that-failed

Highlights

• I decided to give this story the title “The Kingdom That Failed” because I happened to read an article in the evening paper that day about an African kingdom that had failed. “To see a splendid kingdom fade away,” it said, “is far sadder than seeing a second-rate republic collapse.”

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title: “The Kingdom That Failed” author: “newyorker.com” url: ”https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction/the-kingdom-that-failed” date: 2023-12-19 source: hypothesis tags: media/articles

The Kingdom That Failed

Metadata

• Author: newyorker.com
• Full Title: The Kingdom That Failed
• Category:#articles
• URL: https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction/the-kingdom-that-failed

Highlights

• I decided to give this story the title “The Kingdom That Failed” because I happened to read an article in the evening paper that day about an African kingdom that had failed. “To see a splendid kingdom fade away,” it said, “is far sadder than seeing a second-rate republic collapse.”