The Phantom Rickshaw and other stories
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (644 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000XMOQUA |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 293 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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NAROON HARDCOVER
John A. Lefcourte said Excellent example of Kipling. I inherited the complete works of Kipling from my Grandmother but it was missing one volume, this one. It's on a par with the rest: some great stories, some just good. Everyone should read Kipling for a sense of the time, place, and the British Empire.. Anne Wingate said British India seen from inside. amazon.com/gp/product/B00"British India seen from inside" according to Anne Wingate. amazon.com/gp/product/B002RKRTOG/ref=cm_cr_rev_prod_imgKipling had one thing in common with Fox Mulder--he wanted to believe. But he never seemed quite sure of WHAT he wanted to believe. This collection of short stories, most of them published in British India during his stay there before he returned to England the long way around, have been called thoroughly realistic.The stories are powerful, but he always manages to punch holes in the ghost story before the story ends. His sister was a trance medium who was once involved in a complex three-cornered correspondence--that means. RKRTOG/ref=cm_cr_rev_prod_imgKipling had one thing in common with Fox Mulder--he wanted to believe. But he never seemed quite sure of WHAT he wanted to believe. This collection of short stories, most of them published in British India during his stay there before he returned to England the long way around, have been called thoroughly realistic.The stories are powerful, but he always manages to punch holes in the ghost story before the story ends. His sister was a trance medium who was once involved in a complex three-cornered correspondence--that means. It's Kipling Summer Foovay I have to admit, first, that I am a huge fan of Kipling's writing. Not of the Just So stories - but of the wonderful adventure sagas and short stories written for adults. They are not written for 20th century sensibilities, they are not politically correct. You have to keep in mind this is a man writing in the late 1800s and early 1900s stories that are current with his times. Yes, the British considered themselves superior to every other race then. That doesn't make the stories any less true, exciting, interesting and compelling. I also don't really know why they called it a c