Plain tales from the hills vs Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling): Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: India, Soldiers, British and irish fiction, Short Stories, History, Fiction
Plain tales from the hills
“SHE was the daughter of Sonoo, a Hill-man of the Himalayas, and Jadeh his wife.”
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Originally written for the Lahore Civil and Military Gazette, the stories were intended for a provincial readership familiar with the pleasures and miseries of colonial life. For the subsequent English edition, Kipling…
Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling)
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This Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling is a truly complete and authoritative single-volume edition of Kipling’s works. It contains his all novels, as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays and letters, all in their…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Plain tales from the hills has the widest readership — 1843 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Plain tales from the hills | Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling) | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (1843) | — |
| Hardcover | 2.8 (4) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (8) | 3.5 (8) |
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Reception
| Plain tales from the hills | Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling) | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1843 | 8 |
| Editions | 303 | 181 |
| Citations | 52 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 1631 | — |
| Reading it now | 243 | — |
| Written reviews | 202 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 488 | — |
| Pages | 194 | 251 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Plain tales from the hills or Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling)?
Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling) has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling) 3.7/5, Plain tales from the hills 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: Plain tales from the hills or Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling)?
Plain tales from the hills is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Plain tales from the hills (194 pages, ≈ 3 h 36 m); Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling) (251 pages, ≈ 4 h 39 m).
Which is harder to read: Plain tales from the hills or Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling)?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Plain tales from the hills: Demanding; Soldiers Three (Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling): Challenging.