| Until that moment, the British knew little about India: essays by professional travelers and articles by Oriental scholars were too complicated and boring for the general public, but Kipling's stories turned out to be simple and understandable, but at the same time colorful and convincing. Kipling's vivid and memorable short stories resembled a newspaper report and created a 'presence effect' among readers, thus, by the end of the 19th century, India in the view of the British became India Kipling. |
