Project Gutenberg 2005-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 575 Kipling, Rudyard 1865 1936 Kipling, R. (Rudyard) Kipling, Joseph Rudyard Indian Tales "The finest story in the world" -- With the main guard -- Wee Willie Winkie -- The rout of the White Hussars -- At twenty-two -- The courting of Dinah Shadd -- The story of Muhammad Din -- In flood time -- My own true ghost story -- The big drunk draf' -- By word of mouth -- The drums of the fore and aft -- The sending of Dana Da -- On the city wall -- The Broken-Link Handicap -- On Greenhow Hill -- To be filed for reference -- The man who would be King -- The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows -- The incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney -- His Majesty the King -- The strange ride of Morrowbie Jukes -- In the house of Suddhoo -- Black Jack -- The taking of Lungtungpen -- The phantom rickshaw -- On the strength of a likeness -- Private Learoyd's story -- Wressley of the foreign office -- The solid Muldoon -- The Three Musketeers -- Beyond the pale -- The God from the machine -- The daughter of the regiment -- The madness of Private Ortheris -- L'envoi. "Indian Tales" by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of short stories written during the late 19th century, drawing on the author's experiences in colonial India. The tales encapsulate a variety of themes, including adventure, morality, and cultural interactions between British colonizers and the people of India. The opening portion introduces characters like Charlie Mears, an aspiring young writer from London, who struggles with his literary ambitions and inadvertently becomes entwined in a tale of reincarnation and adventure. The beginning of "Indian Tales" sets the stage for Charlie Mears's aspirations as he longs to craft an original story. Encountering an unnamed narrator, he shares a compelling idea about a galley-slave that unfolds the potential for a rich narrative. Although Charlie's visions are initially muddled by his lack of experience, the narrator sees promise in his notion and feels compelled to help him bring it to life. The opening cleverly intertwines themes of creativity and identity, hinting at deeper explorations of memory and existence as Charlie unwittingly draws from past lives in his storytelling, creating an intriguing blend of fiction and philosophical inquiry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en India -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Short stories, English PR Text Scouts Folklore India Category: Short Stories Category: Adventure Category: British Literature 1029492 2025-07-04T06:33:49.968952 text/html 988351 2025-01-29T04:42:48 text/html 631680 2025-07-04T06:34:00.486827 application/epub+zip 631585 2025-07-04T06:33:51.801924 application/epub+zip 631585 2025-07-04T06:33:50.760868 application/epub+zip 1570394 2025-07-04T06:34:07.587829 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1527260 2025-07-04T06:33:59.741831 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 719202 2022-09-04T11:20:35.918477 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 959079 2025-07-04T06:33:48.796433 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 922096 2025-01-29T04:42:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18274 2025-07-04T06:34:07.716806 application/rdf+xml 16044 2025-07-04T06:33:51.121891 image/jpeg 2611 2025-07-04T06:33:50.937869 image/jpeg 1487245 2025-07-04T06:33:50.057906 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia