by Rudyard Kipling · Wordsworth Editions Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781853260544
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«Plain Tales from the Hills» is Rudyard Kipling's collection of short stories, published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in paperback (310 pages, in English).
The volume brings together tales of British colonial India: settlers, soldiers and local characters coexist in hill stations and barracks, and Kipling observes with irony their quarrels, love affairs and everyday concerns. Among its characters are the scandalous Mrs. Hauksbee and the soldiers Mulvaney, Ortheris and Learoyd.
Work originally published in 1888; this edition from the Wordsworth Classics collection appeared in May 1992.
For those who enjoy classic British fiction, short stories and tales set in colonial India.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.
