Plain Tales from the Hills - Hardcover
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist best known for tales of British soldiers in India, and his children's stories, including Gunga Din, The Man Who Would Be King, Kim, Just So Stories, and The Jungle Book. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. Plain Tails from the Hills is the first collection of Kipling's short stories, many of which are set in the Hill Station of Simla -- the summer capital of the British Raj during the hot weather.
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"A prophet of British imperialism." --George Orwell
"Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." --Henry James
"These stories are the best account of the nature of the Victorian Raj ever written." --Griff Rhys Jones, actor and editor, "The Nation's Favourite Twentieth Century Poems"
"As the age of the European empires recedes, he is recognized as an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced. That, and an increasing recognition of his extraordinary narrative gifts, make him a force to be reckoned with." --Douglas Kerr, author, "George Orwell"
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"Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." --Henry James
"These stories are the best account of the nature of the Victorian Raj ever written." --Griff Rhys Jones, actor and editor, "The Nation's Favourite Twentieth Century Poems"
"As the age of the European empires recedes, he is recognized as an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced. That, and an increasing recognition of his extraordinary narrative gifts, make him a force to be reckoned with." --Douglas Kerr, author, "George Orwell"
Exciting and illuminating sketches from British India.
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- PublisherWildside Press
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1434458008
- ISBN 13 9781434458001
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages342
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