Written when Kipling was a young journalist in India, these stories are mostly told from the Indian side: a Pathan’s tale of revenge, the stubborn hill rajah Namgay Doola, a walk through Lahore on a hot night in “The City of Dreadful Night”, a missionary’s encounter with a hill god, and Moti Guj, the elephant who goes on strike.
Early Kipling at full strength, though the stories carry the imperial assumptions of 1888. Download the free EPUB.