Plain Tales from the Hills

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Plain Tales from the Hills is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling that vividly portrays British colonial life in late 19th-century India.

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instanceOf book
short story collection
author Rudyard Kipling
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts British colonial life in India
firstEditionFormat print
firstPublishedInCity Calcutta
London, England
surface form: London
genre colonial literature
fiction
short stories
hasIllustrations no (original edition largely unillustrated)
hasInfluenced later Anglo-Indian fiction
hasPart Beyond the Pale
Consequences
In the House of Suddhoo
Kidnapped
Lispeth
The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly
The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case
The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case
surface form: The Bronkhorst Divorce-Case

The Madness of Private Ortheris
The Mark of the Beast
The Other Man
The Phantom Rickshaw
The Rescue of Pluffles
The Rout of the White Hussars
The Story of Muhammad Din
The Story of the Gadsbys
The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes
Three and – an Extra
Thrown Away
language English
literaryMovement Victorian literature
mediaType print
notableFor early depiction of Anglo-Indian society
vivid portrayal of British colonial officials and their families
numberOfStories 40
originalAudience English-speaking readers in the British Empire
originalPublicationYear 1888
partOfAuthorCareerPhase early works of Rudyard Kipling
publisher Thacker, Spink and Co.
setInCountry India
setInPeriod late 19th century
setInRegion British India
subjectMatter Anglo-Indian society
colonial administration
social life in British India

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Rudyard Kipling notableWork Plain Tales from the Hills