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Plain Tales from the Hills

by Rudyard KIPLING (1868 - 1936)

08 - Cupid's Arrows

Named a "prophet of British imperialism" by the young George Orwell, and born in Bombay, India, Rudyard Kipling had perhaps the clearest contemporary eye of any who described the British Raj. According to critic Douglas Kerr: "He is still an author who can inspire passionate disagreement and his place in literary and cultural history is far from settled. But as the age of the European empires recedes, he is recognised as an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced. That, and an increasing recognition of his extraordinary narrative gifts, make him a force to be reckoned with." This force shines in THE PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS. -- MH . (Introduction by Mike Harris)

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Listen next episodes of Plain Tales from the Hills:
09 - His Chance In Life , 10 - Watches Of The Night , 11 - The Other Man , 12 - Consequences , 13 - The Conversion Of Aurelian Mcgoggin , 14 - A Germ Destroyer , 15 - Kidnapped , 16 - The Arrest Of Lieutenant Golightly , 17 - The House Of Suddhoo , 18 - His Wedded Wife , 19 - The Broken Link Handicapped , 20 - Beyond The Pale , 21 - In Error , 22 - A Bank Fraud , 23 - Tod's Amendment , 24 - In The Pride Of His Youth , 25 - Pig , 26 - The Rout Of The White Hussars , 27 - The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case , 28 - Venus Annodomini , 29 - The Bisara Of Pooree , 30 - The Gate Of A Hundred Sorrows , 31 - The Story Of Muhammad Din , 32 - On The Strength Of A Likeness , 33 - Wressley Of The Foreign Office , 34 - By Word Of Mouth , 35 - To Be Held For Reference