The Phantom Rickshaw; and other tales
by Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: A. H. Wheeler 1888
ISBN/ASIN: 075511731X
Number of pages: 242
Description:
This book brings together five of Kipling's most-loved short stories. Each deals with events that can't quite be explained away, whether a traditional ghost story, a terrifyingly realistic nightmare or an sumptuous and lavish romance. Powerful, exotic and extravagant, these tales are rated, by some, to be the best stories Kipling ever wrote.
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