It is the tale of an orphaned sahib and the burdensome fate that awaits him when he is. It was my mothers favourite, and she was always urging me to read kipling, and i hugely enjoyed most of his childrens books, but i can remember struggling with kim quite a bit. The first edition of the novel was published in october 1901, and was written by rudyard kipling. Choose the part of kim which you want to read from the table of contents to get started. This book has lead onto others, by kipling, and about the great game including laurie r kings the game, part of her russell and holmes series, and peter hopkirks the great game. Indian reactions to kim and kipling are probably a mirror of what kipling himself felt about india. He was the author of many short stories and novels including the jungle book. Reared in the teeming streets of india at the turn of the century, the orphan kim is the friend of the all the world, a cheeky imp with an endless interest in the extraordinary characters he meets daily. Kim by rudyard kipling english paperback book free. The imperialism of the late ninetieth century serves as a backdrop to rudyard kipling s famous novel, kim. It tells the story of a streetwise but in typical kipling fashion. I read rudyard kipling s kim after reading laurie kings the game, a sherlock holmesmary russell mystery in which an adult kim plays a major role.
Rudyard kipling collection selected special collections. One day he meets a man quite unlike anything in his wide experience, a tibetan lama on a quest. Download the ebook kim rudyard kipling in pdf or epub format and read it directly on your mobile phone, computer or any device. Kim by rudyard kipling kim is an orphan, living from hand to mouth in the teeming streets of lahore. Once upon a time because at its heart, kim is a fairy tale, there was an orphan boy named kimball ohara, kim for short. Introduction by charles edmund carrington and illustrations by robin jacques. The book abounds in brilliant descriptions of indian scenes and deeply sympathetic portraits of her people. The story of this book is about a thirteen years boy, kimball ohara.
Kim is one of the most celebrated works of rudyard kipling. Kim, aka kimball ohara, is the orphan son of a british soldier and a halfcaste opium addict in india. It contains printed editions, variants, periodicals, books about kipling, books kipling owned, a few photographs and drawings, manuscripts, letters, clippings and realia. In kipling s kim, kim is a savvy irish child who was born in india. Though the title character,kim, is a boy, this is by no means juvenile fiction. Rudyard kiplings kim consists of 15 parts for ease of reading. I had never heard its name before choosing to pick it up, seeing the name of rudyard kipling on the cover but in the end, i am so happy that i did.
Well, perhaps next to the jungle book after disney took charge of presenting the story on celluloid. Kim by rudyard kipling book analysis detailed summary, analysis and reading guide. The sense of belonging in kipling s kim kipling in kim. Kim audiobook by rudyard kipling 18651936 kim is a fabulous adventure story set in india during the former british empire. Little did i know, he has plenty of other fantastic books as well. It is a story of an orphan irish boy, who has lost his parents when he was three. Kim rudyard kipling heritage press 1962 hardcover slip. Comments by bob corbett january 20 kim is a poor, white, english boy who speaks the local indian dialect and was born in british, india actually in present day lahore, pakistan. A proper english lad, kim is plunged into an exotic and unfamiliar world of crowded bazaars and noisy markets, gilded temples, sahibs and fakirs, beggars, whirling dervishes, soldiers, and spies. Each character was complete in detail and expression and the knitting together of various themes and narratives in the story is ultimately satisfying. Kipling in writing kim drew on the whole of his long years in british colonial india to teach us something of buddhist mysticism and the inscrutable ways of eastern religions while cleverly setting the stage for this firstclass espionage thriller. The novels action takes place during the angloafghan wars of 183942.
No 34 kim by rudyard kipling 1901 in kipling s classic boys own spy story, an orphan in british india must make a choice between east and west robert mccrum. How do indian people feel about rudyard kiplings book kim. Kim is a fabulous adventure story set in india during the former british empire. Its my first book by kipling and i kind of feel like an idiot for waiting so long to read it. Read kim, free online version of the book by rudyard kipling, on. Rudyard kipling 18651936 was born in bombay, india. Kim, by rudyard kipling, is part of the literary classics collection, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras.
Jungle book adult coloringtherapy book based on original rudyard kipling story. I decided to finally read it after finishing no beast so fierce. He has the potential to achieve excellence in many different fields, and on the streets he has already been exposed to many of the evil possibilities. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. My mother, like kipling, was india born and had that same lifelong yearning for the country that so many old india hands experienced, and in her case she had 3.
Kim is an extremely intelligent little street urchin whose deeper character has not yet become set. Kim is a novel by nobel prizewinning english author rudyard kipling. Dunscombe colt kipling collection of some 2,500 items was given by mrs. Rudyard kipling writes every bit as lyrically as lecarre with a similar or greater gift for the dramatic senses. Selected by the modern library as one of the 100 best novels of all time filled with lyrical, exotic prose and nostalgia for rudyard kipling s native india, kim is widely acknowledged as the authors greatest novel and a key element in his winning the 1907 nobel prize in literature. Kim by kipling, rudyard book the fast free shipping. Originally published in 1901, this is the story of kimball ohara, an irish orphan who goes from begging on the streets of lahore to being a spy for the british, simultaneously taking a spiritual journey that.
Kim, the most popular of rudyard kiplings novels and one of the finest adventure stories in literature, is the narrative of an orphan boy, the son of an irish soldier, who grows up in india. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 366 pages and is available in mass market paperback format. Kim by rudyard kipling and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Kim, the poor orphaned son of an irish soldier stationed in india, searches for his identity and learns to move between the two cultures, becoming the disciple of a. Rudyard kipling is a famous author known mainly for his book the jungle book. The novels sweeping narrative, the depth of character and the sheer historical scale make it a first rate story. The main characters of this classics, fiction story are kimball ohara kim, teshoo lama.
Kim by rudyard kipling reader tim hannigan finds a comfortable travelling companion in kipling s little friend of all the world. Kim by rudyard kipling is set against the background of the great game as it was called the tugofwar between britain and russia for the control of central asia. Kim himself is a resourceful lad who befriends a lama, an ageing priest. Among kipling s tales of india, perhaps none eclipses his masterpiece, kim. It tells the story of a streetwise but in typical kipling fashion highly moral angloindian boy who becomes enmeshed in the great game the competition between britain and russia for control over asia.