Beyond the Pale (Unabridged)
Written by Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by Robin Nixon
()
About this audiobook
A beautiful young Indian woman, Bisesa, has been widowed very young, and longs for a lover. An Englishman, Trejago, who is knowledgeable about things Indian, wanders into the gully where she sits behind a barred window, and has a flirtatious exchange with her. One thing leads to another, and they secretly become passionate lovers. After an idyllic month he is attentive to an Englishwoman, with no serious intent, but Bisesa hears of it and tells him to go. He is desperate to see her, but the next time she answers his knock at the window, it is only to thrust out the stumps of her amputated hands in the moonlight. From behind her a knife stabs into Trejago's groin, and the grating is slammed shut. There has been tragedy, and he has lost her. He has paid heavily for stepping beyond the limits of his own people.
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author and poet who began writing in India and shortly found his work celebrated in England. An extravagantly popular, but critically polarizing, figure even in his own lifetime, the author wrote several books for adults and children that have become classics, Kim, The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, Captains Courageous and others. Although taken to task by some critics for his frequently imperialistic stance, the author’s best work rises above his era’s politics. Kipling refused offers of both knighthood and the position of Poet Laureate, but was the first English author to receive the Nobel prize.
More audiobooks from Rudyard Kipling
Rikki Tikki Tavi: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Vampyre: And Other Short Gothic Tales Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Jungle Book Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDark: Stories of Madness, Murder and the Supernatural Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Jungle Book - The Soundscape Audiobook Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to Beyond the Pale (Unabridged)
Related audiobooks
Oroonoko Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Pantaloons' Bleak House Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mortal Immortal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Three Musketeers II Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Child of the Jago Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Daughters of the Late Colonel (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe White Seal (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBernice Bobs Her Hair Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mad Country: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Christina Rossetti Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHerland: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Salt Roads: How Fish Made a Culture Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Happy Prince and Other Stories Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions (Book 2) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Escape: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Hunchback of Notre Dame Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On the Duty of Civil Disobedience Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Poetry of Wilfred Owen Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnder the Sunset Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Tragedy of Macbeth, Part II: The Seed of Banquo Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Three Musketeers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOf Love And Desire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Witches' Loaves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Workers' Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe World's Best Classic Short Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Black Tulip (Unabridged) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5God Sees the Truth, But Waits Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Three Gothic Tales Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPearl Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Classics For You
Their Eyes Were Watching God Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Bell Jar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Picture of Dorian Gray: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Kill a Mockingbird Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Sherlock Holmes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Fountainhead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Perks of Being a Wallflower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Crucible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Clockwork Orange Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Tale of Two Cities Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5War & Peace - Volume I Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Flowers in the Attic: 40th Anniversary Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Atlas Shrugged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Around the World in 80 Days: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Thousand Ships: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frankenstein Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/520,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Schindler's List Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sword In the Stone: Once and Future King, Book 1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/51984 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Master and Margarita Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sense and Sensibility Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pride and Prejudice: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Prince: Machiavelli Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For Whom the Bell Tolls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Beyond the Pale (Unabridged)
0 ratings0 reviews