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A Germ Destroyer
Rudyard Kipling
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Paul Landergan
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A Germ Destroyer

by Rudyard Kipling · read by Paul Landergan · 16 min

The Viceroy of India has a private secretary who cannot stop interfering, and a mix-up over two similar names puts an inventor in the wrong chair at lunch. The inventor has brought a sample of his new cholera powder.

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The Viceroy of India has a private secretary who cannot stop interfering, and a mix-up over two similar names puts an inventor in the wrong chair at lunch. The inventor has brought a sample of his new cholera powder. After lunch, he sets it off in an ashtray. Rudyard Kipling's farce is one of his Plain Tales from the Hills, first published in 1887. Paul Landergan reads it in sixteen minutes. For listeners who like a comedy of errors with a very bad smell.

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Details
Length
16 min
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
July 2026
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798240182006
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This edition of A Germ Destroyer by Rudyard Kipling is narrated by Paul Landergan.

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It runs 16 min, unabridged, so you hear the complete text.

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