description: First published in 1888, Plain Tales from the Hills was Kipling's first volume of prose fiction. His vignettes of life in British India give vivid insights into Anglo-India at work and play, and into the character of the Indians themselves. Witty, wry, sometimes cynical, these tales with their brevity and concentration of effect are landmarks in the history of the short story as an art-form.
language: English
title: Plain Tales from the Hills
titlecomplete: Plain Tales from the Hills (Oxford World's Classics)
genres: India, Literature, Short Stories, 19th Century, Asia, Classics, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 1641
publisher: Oxford University Press