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Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories
The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, also known as The Phantom 'Rickshaw & other Eerie Tales, is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling, first published in 1888. …
In Black and White
Excerpt: "e;In Northern India stood a monastery called The Chubara of Dhunni Bhagat. No one remembered who or what Dhunni Bhagat had been. He had lived his life, made a little …
Letters of Marque
Excerpt: "e;Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the …
Diversity of Creatures
Juxtaposing stories and poems, introducing futuristic sky-travellers, Sussex peasants and would-be-Bloomsbury poseurs, this volume displays Kipling as a connoisseur of variety of …
Abaft the Funnel
Excerpt: "e;The measure of a man's popularity is not always-or indeed seldom-the measure of his intrinsic worth. So, when the earlier work of any writer is gathered together in …
Just So Stories
Just So Stories for Little Children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Considered a classic of children's literature, the book is among …
Sea Warfare
These pieces were written as journalism, in response to a request by the Admiralty, as the British public realised that World War I certainly was not going to be 'over by …
Steve Brown's Bunyip, and Other Stories
Excerpt: "e;There have been occasions when, after long rest as a hulk lying in some land-locked cove, with little of its past history except the name left in people's memories, …
Story of the Gadsbys
The Story of the Gadsbys is a story by Rudyard Kipling. It was originally published as no. 2 of the Indian Railway Library in 1888. The Story of the Gadsbys is written in dramatic …
Barrack Room Ballads
The Barrack-Room Ballads are a series of songs and poems by Rudyard Kipling, dealing with the late-Victorian British Army and mostly written in a vernacular dialect. The series …
Debits and Credits
Excerpt: "e;It is narrated (and God knows best the true state of the case) by Abu Ali Jafir Bin Yakub-ulisfahani that when, in His determinate Will, The Benefactor had decided …
Indian Tales
Each story is different in its own accord. And Rudyard Kipling's writing makes you feel like you are a character in the story. A wonderful read!(Goodreads)