Plain Tales from the Hills

Rudyard Kipling’s first and
best- known collection of short stories, Plain Tales the Hills is a colourful
and intricate depiction of life in India during the British Raj. This
collection, which brilliantly showcases Kipling’s inimitable style, includes
‘Miss Youghal’s Sais’, a tale of an impossible love,’ In the House of
Suddhoo’, in which black magic is used to deceive an old man and ‘Pig’, in
which vengeance takes an unusual, epistolary form. Humorous, occasionally
tragic, these stories provide a unique perspective on the society of the
times, particularly the apprehensions with which the races and classes
approached each other.