Rudyard Kipling's first and\n best- known collection of short stories, Plain Tales the Hills is a colourful\n and intricate depiction of life in India during the British Raj. This\n collection, which brilliantly showcases Kipling's inimitable style, includes\n 'Miss Youghal's Sais', a tale of an impossible love,' In the House of\n Suddhoo', in which black magic is used to deceive an old man and 'Pig', in\n which vengeance takes an unusual, epistolary form. Humorous, occasionally\n tragic, these stories provide a unique perspective on the society of the\n times, particularly the apprehensions with which the races and classes\n approached each other.