Plain Tales from the Hills

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_Tales_from_the_Hills Release date is 1999-08-01

Lispeth -- Three and--an extra -- Thrown away -- Miss Youghal's sais -- Yoked with an unbeliever -- False dawn -- The rescue of Pluffles -- Cupid's arrows -- His chance in life -- Watches of the night -- The other man -- Consequences -- The conversionof Aurelian McGoggin -- A germ destroyer -- Kidnapped -- The arrest of Liutenanat Golightly -- The house of Suddhoo -- His wedded wife -- The broken link handicapped -- Beyond the pale -- In error -- A bank fraud -- Tod's amendment -- In the pride of his youth -- Pig -- The rout of the White Hussars -- The Bronckhorst divorce-case -- Venus Annodomini -- The Bisara of poorer -- The gate of a hundred sorrows -- The story of Muhammid Din -- On the strength of a likeness -- Wressley of the Foreign Office -- By word of mouth -- To be held for reference.

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"Plain Tales from the Hills" by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of short stories published in 1888. Kipling's first story collection features forty tales of British colonial life in India, from the hill station of Simla to the plains below. Written in a deceptively simple style, these sketches introduce memorable characters like Mrs. Hauksbee, policeman Strickland, and the Soldiers Three. The stories capture various aspects of life under the British Raj, blending social comedy with darker undercurrents of colonial existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Fiction British -- India -- Fiction Short stories, English

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