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Kipling, Rudyard
1865
1936
Kipling, R. (Rudyard)
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
Indian Tales
Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
"The finest story in the world" -- With the main guard -- Wee Willie Winkie -- The rout of the White Hussars -- At twenty-two -- The courting of Dinah Shadd -- The story of Muhammad Din -- In flood time -- My own true ghost story -- The big drunk draf' -- By word of mouth -- The drums of the fore and aft -- The sending of Dana Da -- On the city wall -- The Broken-Link Handicap -- On Greenhow Hill -- To be filed for reference -- The man who would be King -- The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows -- The incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney -- His Majesty the King -- The strange ride of Morrowbie Jukes -- In the house of Suddhoo -- Black Jack -- The taking of Lungtungpen -- The phantom rickshaw -- On the strength of a likeness -- Private Learoyd's story -- Wressley of the foreign office -- The solid Muldoon -- The Three Musketeers -- Beyond the pale -- The God from the machine -- The daughter of the regiment -- The madness of Private Ortheris -- L'envoi.
"Indian Tales" by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of short stories written during the late 19th century, drawing on the author's experiences in colonial India. The tales encapsulate a variety of themes, including adventure, morality, and cultural interactions between British colonizers and the people of India. The opening portion introduces characters like Charlie Mears, an aspiring young writer from London, who struggles with his literary ambitions and inadvertently becomes entwined in a tale of reincarnation and adventure. The beginning of "Indian Tales" sets the stage for Charlie Mears's aspirations as he longs to craft an original story. Encountering an unnamed narrator, he shares a compelling idea about a galley-slave that unfolds the potential for a rich narrative. Although Charlie's visions are initially muddled by his lack of experience, the narrator sees promise in his notion and feels compelled to help him bring it to life. The opening cleverly intertwines themes of creativity and identity, hinting at deeper explorations of memory and existence as Charlie unwittingly draws from past lives in his storytelling, creating an intriguing blend of fiction and philosophical inquiry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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India -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Short stories, English
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Scouts
Folklore
India
Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society
Browsing: Literature
Browsing: Fiction
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