Sharp, ironic stories of British India, soldiers, and the intrigues of Anglo-Indian society. Kipling's early collection that made his name.
Books mentioned in Plain Tales from the Hills (2)
Atalanta in Calydon by Algernon Charles Swinburne: “One day, indeed, he began reciting Atalanta in Calydon, and went through it to the end, beating time to the swing of the verse with a bedstead-leg.”
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: “Few people can afford to play Robinson Crusoe anywhere--least of all in India, where we are few in the land, and very much dependent on each other's kind offices.”