Kim: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Kim is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Kipling, Rudyard (1865–1936).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Kim" by Rudyard Kipling is a novel first published in 1901. It follows the adventures of an orphaned Irish boy living as a street vagabond in late 19th-century India. Kim befriends a Tibetan lama seeking spiritual enlightenment and becomes his disciple. Their journey along the Grand Trunk Road draws Kim into the dangerous world of British espionage and the Great Game—the covert struggle between Russia and Britain for control of Central Asia. The novel vividly portrays India's cultures, religions, and teeming populations.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Kim
- Author credits: Kipling, Rudyard (1865–1936)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Adventure stories
- Boys -- Fiction
- India -- Fiction
- Irish -- India -- Fiction
- Lamas -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Spy stories
Gutenberg collections
- Adventure
- Category: Adventure
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Historical Novels
- Children's Literature
- Movie Books
- Nobel Prizes in Literature
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