Twenty-one Days in India

by

Read by Beeswaxcandle

English · 1881 · 2h 58m · Humor

Twenty-one satirical stories of people in the British Raj. The tales were first published in Vanity Fair and then collected by the author with the subtitle "The Tour of Sir Ali Baba, K.C.B. This recording is based on the third edition, which was published after the author's death from tetanus in Indore. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle

Chapters

Select a chapter to play

No. I.—The Viceroy 7:11 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. II.—The A.-D.-C.-in-Waiting, an Arrangement in Scarlet and Gold 7:00 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. III.—The Commander-in-Chief 8:54 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. IV.—The Archdeacon, a Man of both Worlds 9:35 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. V.—The Secretary to Government 7:19 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. VI.—H.E. the Bengali Baboo 7:17 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. VII.— The Raja 12:14 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. VIII.—The Political Agent, a Man in Buckram 7:10 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. IX.—The Collector 8:17 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. X.—Baby in Partibus 9:15 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. XI.—The Red Chuprassie; or, The Corrupt Lictor 6:43 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. XII.—The Planter; a Farmer Prince 8:44 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. XIII.—The Eurasian; a Study in Chiaro-oscuro 6:53 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. XIV.—The Villager 10:35 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. XV.—The Old Colonel 7:53 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. XVI.—The Civil Surgeon 8:39 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. XVII.—The Shikarry 8:22 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. XVIII.—The Grass-Widow in Nephelococcygia 11:00 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. XIX.—The Travelling M.P., the British Lion Rampant 6:58 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. XX.—Mem-Sahib 9:26 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No. XXI.—Ali Baba Alone; the Last Day 8:36 Read by Beeswaxcandle