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Doubleday edition with Rhymed Chapter Heads. 8vo, publisher's original Kipling green cloth, the spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, the upper cover pictorially decorated in black. vi, 379 pp. A pleasant copy, the cloth and giltwork bright, spine panel mellowed, the text-block clean and the binding tight.

Edizione: the naulahka: a story of west and east, was originally serialized in the century magazine from november 1891 to july 1892. it centers on two americans who travel to india for different purposes: kate sheriff, a feminist whose goal is to aid oppressed indian women denied access to health care, and nick tarvin, an entrepreneur who wants a valuable indian necklace in order to influence the construction of a railway. the book is set in the fictional state of rahore, believed to be based on rajputana. (keskar, s. (2012).