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Selected Stories is a collection of stories by Rabindranath Tagore. Summary of the Book Tagore’s short stories display his candour for touching the soul with his topics. Despite his fame as being a poet, he shined the most through his short stories. This collection brings together some of his best stories. In Kabuliwallah, an Afghan salesman shows his affection for his distant daughter in his interactions with a young Indian girl. This story touches the heart and shows Tagore’s affinity for stories that cause strong emotions in readers. About Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian writer and poet known for his collection of poems, Gitanjali and his novels Gora and The Home and the World. Tagore was a celebrated poet in his time, and he is acclaimed to this day. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and was knighted in 1919. He returned the title after the events of the grotesque Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.