Publisher's Synopsis
Indian Stories is a collection of interesting short stories. Kipling's incredible strength was as a short story writer. Moreover, this particular collection of short stories focused on the British Raj is one of the better efforts at bringing together his best works. which includes "The Man Who Would Be King," "The Phantom Rickshaw," and many more favorites. But mostly, it is linked together with a few of Kipling's short stories about the three armies' enlisted men, Mulvaney, Learoyd, and Otheris. A few of the Mulvaney stories are surely better than others. In any case, taken together, they provide an extraordinary perspective on a social class serving in India that is rarely mentioned in most contemporary fiction. After reading all these stories, readers can also understand Kipling's incredible strength. It was his sarcastic voice. He could merge romantic idealism with realistic surroundings.
