Plain tales from the hills - [AUDIOBOOK]

Witty, wry, sometimes cynical, sometimes pathetic, the Plain Tales with their brevity and concentration of effect are a landmark in the history of the short story as an art-form.
First published in 1888, Plain Tales from the Hills was Kipling's first volume of prose fiction. Most of the stories it includes had already appeared in the Civil and Military Gazette; all were written before he reached the age of 22; and they show a remarkably precocious literary talent. His vignettes of life in British India a hundred years ago give vivid insights into Anglo-India at work and play, into barrack-room life, and into the character of Indians themselves.
This edition contains two stories which appeared in the original series but were not included in the collected volume.