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Plain Tales from the Hills

By: Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
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 An intimate, evocative, often funny, and always vital portrait of India at the peak of the British Raj. Written at the age of 22, they immediately show Kipling's natural and prodigious talent. Timeless, they can be listened to forever.Public Domain (P)2005 CSA Telltapes Ltd Anthologies & Short Stories Classics European Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literary History & Criticism Short Stories World Literature
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Written with a wonderfully wry sense of humour, Plain Tales is insightful and highly amusing.

I could listen to these tales again and again!

Delightful!

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This is an excellent performance of Kipling’s first collection of stories. Martin Jarvis brings great character and atmosphere to his reading (even if he can’t manage an Irish accent!). Buyers should note, however, that this recording is not complete (omitting around ten stories) and does not follow the sequence of the printed book.

Tales well told ... but not complete

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wonderful writing and reading, spoilt by Amazon lumping the short stories together into one hour chunks, making it impossible to find a particular one.

splendid stuff spoilt by the publishers

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Beautifully read parables of life during the British raj. Kipling writes in a relaxed conversational style and views the life of the British in India with a clear and dispassionate eye. These classic short stories contain humour, horror and social commentary. For a dazzling picture of life In British India they cannot be beaten!

A unusual and authentic voice

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