Lispeth (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- First Published: 1886
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: The nineteenth century
- Setting: Northern India
- Principal Characters: Lispeth, The Chaplain of Kotgarh, The Chaplain's wife, The Englishman
- Genres: Short fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Values, Class conflict, Love or romance, Missions or missionaries, Christianity, India or East Indian people, Ethics, Baptism
- Locales: India
The Story
A Hill-girl christened Elizabeth, but known as Lispeth according to local pronunciation, grows up in the Kotgarh valley in Northern India. Her parents, having become Christians out of destitute poverty, bring their baby daughter to the Kotgarh chaplain to be baptized. When both her parents die of cholera, Lispeth becomes half servant, half companion to the wife of the chaplain then residing in Kotgarh. She grows tall, vigorous, and as lovely as a Greek goddess. Unlike other Hill-girls, when she reaches womanhood she does not give up the Christianity she has accepted....
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