Plain tales from the hills: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Plain tales from the hills by Rudyard Kipling — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Originally written for the Lahore Civil and Military Gazette, the stories were intended for a provincial readership familiar with the pleasures and miseries of colonial life. For the subsequent English edition, Kipling revised the tales so as to recreate as vividly as possible the sights and smells of India for those at home. Yet far from being a celebration of Empire, Kipling's stories tell of 'heat and bewilderment and wasted effort and broken faith'. He writes brilliantly and hauntingly about the barriers between the races, the classes and the sexes; and about innocence, not transformed into experience but implacably crushed.
Quick facts about Plain tales from the hills
- Title: Plain tales from the hills
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- First published: 1888
- Genre: fiction, history, british
- OpenLibrary ID: OL20170W
Where to read Plain tales from the hills
Plain tales from the hills by Rudyard Kipling is widely available in print, ebook and audiobook editions from major retailers and libraries.
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What is Plain tales from the hills about?
Originally written for the Lahore Civil and Military Gazette, the stories were intended for a provincial readership familiar with the pleasures and miseries of colonial life.
Who wrote Plain tales from the hills?
Plain tales from the hills was written by Rudyard Kipling.
When was Plain tales from the hills published?
Plain tales from the hills was first published in 1888.
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