The Bridge-Builders
| First published | September 1898 |
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| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Novelette |
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First, "a detailed description of the construction of a great railway bridge across the Ganges". The nearly complete bridge is threatened by a flood and saved by Findlayson, Chief Engineer. Findlayson is washed down river in boat, to an island. In a vision the gods "protest against the bridging of the river".
--Kipling Society
Published Christmas 1893 in The Illustrated London News, Christmas Number or Christmas issue, with illustrations by G. A. Storey and {{a|R. Caton Woodville}}. --{{LCCN|2008-570190}}, Library of Congress catalog record of an 8-page extract from the 1893 Christmas issue (38 cm), original page numbers not reported (quote two notes): • Includes color illustrated covers bound in. • Front fly-leaf stamped: "Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London".
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1898 | The Day's Work | Macmillan and Co. | Collection | 1 | |
| November 1992 |
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John Brunner Presents Kipling's Fantasy: Stories by Rudyard Kipling | Tor | Collection | 57 |
| 1997 |
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Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday | Pantheon Books | Anthology | 523 |
| November 1998 |
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Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday | Vintage Books | Anthology | 523 |
| March 2001 | The Day's Work | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |1 | |
| 2004 |
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Contos fantásticos do século XIX | Companhia das Letras | Anthology | 461 |
| February 2007 |
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The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 349 |
| January 2008 |
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Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Pegasus Books | Collection | |349 |
| November 2008 |
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Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Pegasus Books | Collection | |349 |
| 2009 |
|
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday | Penguin Books | Anthology | |523 |
| April 2009 |
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Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Pegasus Books / SFBC | Collection | |
| May 2009 |
|
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday | Penguin Books | Anthology | 523 |
| 2010 |
|
Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Fall River Press | Collection | 349 |
| November 2010 |
|
The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |
| May 2014 |
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Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Pegasus Books | Collection | |349 |
| March 2015 |
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Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday | Mariner Books | Anthology | 523 |