The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows

Posted on 10 August 2017 by Rudyard Kipling

Mind you, it was a pukka, respectable opium house, and not one of those stifling, sweltering chandoo khanas that you can find all over the City Kipling first became famous for his pungent, harsh and shocking stories of northwest India, where he grew up This is just a small selection from his inexhaustibly contentious and various early work Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin s 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage poems epic and intimate essays satirical and inspirational and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Rudyard Kipling 1865 1936 Kipling s works available in Penguin Classics are Captains Courageous, Just So Stories, Kim, Plain Tales from the Hills, Selected Poems, The Jungle Books and The Man Who Would Be King Selected Stories. Best Read The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows Author Rudyard Kipling For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This is dark and grimy collection of short stories, and they re not the sort of thing one would normally associate with Rudyard Kipling But, they are, no doubt, important in understanding the author because they reflect the place in which he grew up Imperial India This obviously had an effect on him because he wrote about it here The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows is a short story that demonstrates the horrible power opium dens had on addicts How did I take to it It began at Calcutta I used This is dark and grimy collection of short stories, and they re not the sort of thing one would normally associate with Rudyard Kipling But, they are, no doubt, important in understanding the author because they reflect the place in which he grew up Imperial India This obviously had an effect on him because he wrote about it here The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows is a short story that demonstrates the horrible power opium dens had on addicts How did I take to it It began at Calcutta I used to try it in my own house, just to see what it was like I never went very far, but I think my wife must have died then Anyhow, I found myself here, and got to know Fung Tching I don t remember rightly how that came about but he told me of the Gate and I used to go there, and, somehow, I have never got away from it since. The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows is an apt n...This Penguin Little Black Classic collects Thrown Away, False Dawn, In the House of Suddhoo, The Bisara of Pooree, The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows, and The Story of Muhammed Din, all taken from Plain Tales from the Hills Rudyard Kipling s stories are all set in colonial India where he grew up They re also a lot darker andrealistic than the fantastical kind he became famous for in The Jungle Books and Just So Stories Unfortunately there s not a lot of good stuff in this short collection This Penguin Little Black Classic collects Thrown Away, False Dawn, In the House of Suddhoo, The Bisara of Pooree, The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows, and The Story of Muhammed Din, all taken from Plain Tales from the Hills Rudyard Kipling s stories are all set in colonial India where he grew up They re also a lot darker andrealistic than the fantastical kind he became famous for in The Jungle Books and Just So Stories Unfortunately there s not a lot of good stuff in this short collection Thrown Away is about a young officer who led a rather sheltered life and committed suicide over his gambling debts The narrator is a colleague who, along with his Major, cover up his shameful death for his family s sake and say he died of cholera, aacceptable way to go apparently The story showcases imaginary English nobility at its best and worst leading to a young man s pointless death and the thoughtfulness bestowed u...Tell me boy have you ever read Kipling Asked the man No sir but I have tried ruddy hard Replied the boy.Kiplings tales of India are always a pleasure to soak into The beautiful structure is wonderful, a man that knows how to piece a sentence together using the very best words Kiplings work comes across as a man whose writing has been unfairly and unjustifiably neglected The tales of India are tangible, you can smell the spices in the breeze and feel the heat of the burning yellow sun.Th Tell me boy have you ever read Kipling Asked the man No sir but I have tried ruddy hard Replied the boy.Kiplings tales of India are always a pleasure to soak into The beautiful structure is wonderful, a man that knows how to piece a sentence together using the very best words Kiplings work comes across as a man whose writing has been unfair...I was somewhat sceptic when I first started reading but boy did it surprise me.The tales are very enjoyable with as noticable highlight the title story.A collection of dark morbid stories are featured and it opened up a new world to me.I...One must be careful when reading this author, for he always shows signs of the man who believes himself superior to all those that are not white Europeans, he is also on a quest to civilize So read him knowing this, and researchingabout him, he is a case of separating the art form the artist.There are six stories in this bindup and here s my rating for each story 1 Thrown Away 3 stars2 False Dawn 3 stars3 In the House of Suddhoo 1 star4 The Bisara of Pooree 2 stars 5 The Gate if the Hundred Sorrows 2 stars 6 The Story of Muhammed Din 1 star.Sadl...I actually really liked the stories and Kipling s writing but I felt like the book could have used a littleand a short introduction or something.Thrown Away 2 starsFalse Dawn 3 starsIn the House of Sudhoo 4 starsThe Bisara of Poree 4 starsThe Gate of The Hundred Sorrows 1 starThe Story of Muhammad Din 1 starFull review to comeI am not that intrigued with this book, probably the translation is hard for me i d better reading the pure English you know, that s why it took me so long

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10 August 2017

Rudyard Kipling