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The City of Dreadful Night

by Rudyard Kipling

Level C1 · AdvancedClassics10 chapters
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About this book

In the smoky dawn of Calcutta, a city of colonial contrasts and concealed corruption, a traveler confronts the clash between imperial grandeur and the harsh realities of life in a place both foreign and hauntingly familiar. Explore the tangled heart of this deadly city.

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Contents

10 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02CONTENTS.
03CHAPTER I. A REAL LIVE CITY.
04CHAPTER II. THE REFLECTIONS OF A SAVAGE.
05CHAPTER III. THE COUNCIL OF THE GODS.
06CHAPTER IV. ON THE BANKS OF THE HUGLI.
07CHAPTER V. WITH THE CALCUTTA POLICE.
08CHAPTER VI. THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT.
09CHAPTER VII. DEEPER AND DEEPER STILL.
10CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING LUCIA.

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