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Plain Tales from the Hills

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4 out of 5
Based on 7 Ratings and 7 Reviews

Book Description
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 ... More
Book Information
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
BindingMass Market Paperback (316 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages304
ISBN-100140183124
ISBN-13978-0140183122
Publication Date12/30/1991
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About Rudyard Kipling (Author) : Rudyard Kipling is a published author, editor, illustrator, and a series editor. Some of the published credits of Rudyard Kipling include Just So Stories, Soldiers Three, Kim (Everyman's Library (Pape... more
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About David Trotter (Editor, Introduction) : David Trotter is a published editor. Some of the published credits of David Trotter include Great Expectations (Penguin Classics), The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service (Oxford World's C... more
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About H. R. Woudhuysen (Editor) : H. R. Woudhuysen is a published author and an editor. Some of the published credits of H. R. Woudhuysen include Poems (Arden Shakespeare Third), Love's Labour's Lost (3rd Series).
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