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Some of his best are stories of the supernatural, the eerie and unearthly, such as "The Phantom Rickshaw," "The Brushwood Boy," and "They." His tales of gruesome horror include "The Mark of the Beast" and "The Return of Imray." "William the Conqueror" and "The Head of the District" are among his political tales of English rule in India.
2 nov 2021 · He'll know what that means. He's a big man with a red beard, and a great swell he is; You'll find him sleeping like a gentleman with all his luggage round, him in a Second-class compartment. But don't you be afraid. Slip down the window and say: 'He has gone South for the week,' and he'll tumble.
The Phantom Rickshaw; and other tales by Rudyard Kipling After an affair with a Mrs. Agnes Keith-Wessington in Simla, the narrator, Jack, repudiates her and eventually becomes engaged to Miss Kitty Mannering. Yet Mrs. Wessington continually reappears in Jack's life, begging him to reconsider, insisting that it was all just a mistake.
29 dic 2008 · The ‘rickshaw kept steady in front; and my red-whiskered friend seemed to derive great pleasure from my account of its exact whereabouts. “Eyes, Pansay—all Eyes, Brain, and Stomach. And the greatest of these three is Stomach. You’ve too much conceited Brain, too little Stomach, and thoroughly unhealthy Eyes.
1 lug 2020 · "The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales" features five short stories, each one packed with irony, good humor, mystery, and an interesting twist. In "The Phantom 'Rickshaw," the narrator Jack continuously sees Mrs. Wessington, his old flame, appear in his life even after he becomes engaged to Miss Mannering.
- Rudyard Kipling
“The Phantom Rikshaw” is a collection of five tales by Rudyard Kipling. Three of them involve, at some level, have a sense of the supernatural about them. One the tales even includes a laundry list of the sort of ghosts you might expect to run into while traveling in India. The other two stories are outright adventure tales.
The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, wêrfan't allinne de earste edysje ferskynde ûnder de titel The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales, is in ferhalebondel fan 'e hân fan 'e Britske skriuwer Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). De titel betsjut: "De Spûkriksja en Oare Ferhalen" (earste edysje: "De Spûkriksja en Oare Grizelferhalen").
