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1、Chapter-IIIRUDYARDKIPLING’SSHORTSTORIESItwasinevitablethatsoonerorlatersomeoneshouldmakeasystematiceffort,intheinterests(say)ofliteratureandart,toexploitIndiaandtheAnglo-Indianlife.Englandhasawakenedatlasttotheastonishingfactofherworld-wideEmpire,andhasnowanever-growingcuriosityconcernin
2、ghergreatpossessionsoutremer.Thewriterwhocanexplain,inavividandplausiblemanner,thesocialconditionsofIndia,Australia,Canada,andSouthAfrica-whocanshow,evenapproximately,howpeopletherelive,move,andhavetheirbeing,isassuredofatleastaremarkablevogue.Severalvoguesofthissorthavealreadybeenwononm
3、oreorlessinadequategrounds:havebeenwon,andlostandthecryisstill:‘Theycome!’Fromamongthemall,sofar,onewriteralone,ledontofortuneonthisflood-tideintheaffairsofmen,hasconsciouslyanddeliberatelyaimedhigh;takenhisworkseriously,andattemptedtoaddsomethingtothevaststoreofourEnglishliterature.‘InI
4、ndia,’Kiplingsays,speakinginhisproperperson,‘youreallyseehumanity-raw,brown,nakedhumanity-withnothingbetweenitandtheblazingsky,andonlytheused-up,over-handledearthunderfoot.’HenryJamesobserves,Kipling’sIndianimpressionsdividethemselvesintothreegroups,oneofwhich,Ithink,verymuchoutshinesthe
5、others.Firsttobementionedarethetalesofnativelife,curiousglimpsesofcustomandsuperstition,duskymattersnotbeholdenofthemany,forwhichtheauthorhasaremarkableflair.Thencomesthesocial,theAnglo-Indianepisode,thestudyofadministrationandmilitarytypesandofthewonderfulrattling,ridingladieswho,atSiml
6、aandmoredesperatestations,lookoutforhusbandsandlovers;often,itwouldseem,thehusbandsandloversofothers.Themostbrilliantgroupisdevotedwhollytothecommonsoldier,andofthisseriesitappearstomethattoomuchgoodishardlytobesaid.HereMr.Kipling,withallhisoffhandness,isamaster;forweareheldnotsomuchbyth
7、egreaterorlessoddityoftheparticularyarn-sometimesitisscarcelyayarnatall,butsomethingmuchlessartificial-asbytherobustattitudeofthenarrator,whoneverarrangesorglossesorfalsifies,butmakesstraight1forthecommonandthecharacteristic.RudyardKiplingisoneofthefinestshortstorieswrite
