Plain Tales from the Hills (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Kipling, Rudyard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141442395 ISBN 13: 9780141442396

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2011

Synopsis

Plain Tales from the Hills, Rudyard Kipling's first collection of short stories, established his reputation and brought India to the British imagination. Including the stories 'Lispeth', 'Beyond the Pale' and 'In the Pride of His Youth', they tell of soldiers, wise children, exiles, forbidden romances and divided identities, creating a rich portrait of Anglo-Indian society. Originally published for a newspaper in Lahore when Kipling was a journalist, the tales were later revised by him to re-create as vividly as possible the sights and smells of India for readers at home. Far from being a celebration of empire, these stories explore the barriers between races, classes and sexes, and convey all the tensions and contradictions of colonial life.

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Review:

By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Book Description:

Exciting and illuminating sketches from British India.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0141442395
• ISBN 13: 9780141442396
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336