Plain Tales from the Hills

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• Publisher: The Floating Press
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN:
  9781775416159
• Edition: 0

Plain Tales from the Hills contains 40 stories written by Rudyard Kipling, the author of The Jungle Book and Kim. Published in 1888, this was the first short story collection by Kipling. With the geographical meaning of "e;Plain"e; contrasted with "e;Hills"e;, the title's pun hints at both the cleverly simple narrative style of the stories, and that many of the them are situated in the Hill Station of Simla, which served as the British Raj's capital during the hot months.

Table of contents

• PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS
• Contents
• 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 Conversion of Aurelian Mcgoggin
• A Germ Destroyer
• Kidnapped
• The Arrest of Lieutenant 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 Pooree
• The Gate of a Hundred Sorrows
• The Story of Muhammad Din
• On the Strength of a Likeness
• Wressley of the Foreign Office
• By Word of Mouth
• To Be Held for Reference