Plain Tales from the Hills - Set of 8 Books

Plain Tales from the Hills - Set of 8 Books

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Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 384
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171675433

Description

Set in colonized India, these forty stories date back to the late nineteenth century. The characters are transplanted Englishmen and their families who came to India during the Raj and lived and died here.

This set of 8 books is a collection of 40 stories set in colonized India. These stories date back to

Set in colonized India, these stories date back to the late nineteenth century. The characters are transplanted Englishmen and their families who came to India during the Raj and lived and died here. Their yearning for England, which was always ‘home’, their daily lives, and their attitudes to India and Indians come out vital and vibrant through these stories written more than a hundred years ago.

Contents

Vol. 1
Lispeth
Three and --- an Extra
Thrown Away
Miss Youghal’s Sais
‘Yoked with an Unbeliever’

Vol. 2
False Dawn
The Rescue of Pluffles
Cupid’s Arrows
The Three Musketeers
His Chance in Life

Vol. 3
Watches of the Night
The Other Man
Consequences
The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin
The Taking of Lungtungpen

Vol. 4
A Germ-Destroyer
Kidnapped
The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly
In the House of Suddhoo
His Wedded Wife

Vol. 5
The Broken-Link Handicap
Beyond the Pale
In Error
A Bank Fraud
Tods’ Amendment

Vol. 6
The Daughter of the Regiment
In the Pride of his Youth
Pig
The Rout of the White Hussars
The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case

Vol. 7
Venus Annodomini
The Bisara of Pooree
A Friend’s Friend
The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows
The Madness of Private Ortheris

Vol. 8
The Story of Muhammad Din
On the Strength of a Likeness
Wressley of the Foreign Office
By Word of Mouth
To be Filed for Reference