Summary Of The Book
Rusty, the young boy with a penchant for adventure, entertains readers yet again, in this compiled volume of his finest short stories, The Adventures Of Rusty Collected Stories.
As a young boy, Rusty lived in Dehra with his grandparents, but he led a life far from quiet and peaceful, for he had a knack for attracting adventure wherever he went. Living around a strange bunch of people, family members, and odd animals, who keep him company with their antics, life in Dehra is far from boring. In fact, it is quite the opposite, for Rusty always has an interesting adventure lying in wait.
Chronicling his life and times, from the time when he is sent away to school, eventually making his way to London as a young writer, and living there for a while before returning to his beloved roots, and a home that he misses, The Adventures Of Rusty Collected Stories brings to readers some of his funniest, most exciting, and best adventures yet.
This volume contains short stories that include incidents involving an encounter with a leopard, Toto the monkey that travels on a train in a bag, and many more. Some of the stories include The Last Tonga Ride, Monkey Trouble, A Far Cry from India, and The Wish.
Filled with amazing characters and interesting incidents from Rusty’s life, this giant edition of Rusty’s evergreen stories is sure to entertain and charm children just as they have done so, in the past. Many ‘Rusty’ stories were even adapted for television and brought to the small screen, in the TV Serial Ek Tha Rusty, which aired some years ago.
About Ruskin Bond
Prolific children’s book writer Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British origin, and known all over the world for his short stories, essays, poems, and novels.
Some of his best works include the novels, The Room On The Roof, A Flight Of Pigeons, Vagrants In The Valley, and Delhi Is Not Far.
Ruskin Bond’s writings are mostly associated with children’s books, literature, and fiction. He is known as a contemporary Indian writer, who has written more than 500 short stories, several novels, poems, articles for numerous publications, and over 30 children’s books.
The famed writer who wrote his first book at age seventeen, was born in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, India, in 1934. He spent his growing years all over India, in cities such as New Delhi, Jamnagar, and Dehradun. Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957, for his first book, he is also the recipient of the distinguished Sahitya Akademi Award for his collection of short stories, as well as the Padma Shri. He currently resides in Landour, Mussoorie, in India, with his family.
Table of Contents
* Introduction
* All Creatures Great and Small
* The Tree Lover
* A ‘tiger in the House
* Monkey Trouble
* Animals on the Track
* The Last Tonga Ride
* The Photograph
* The Funeral
* Corning Home to Debra
* The Wish
* The Window
* A Joh Well Done
* Tlw Woman on Platform No. 8
* Running Away
* ‘the Hills and Beyond
* A Far Cry from India
* Days of Wine and Roses
* Return to Debra
* Summertime in Old New Delhi
* From Small Beginnings
* When You Can’t Climb Trees Any More
* As Time Goes By
