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Kim
An orphaned boy and a Tibetan lama travel across India, and the Great Game draws Kim in
Kim, whose full name is Kimball O'Hara, is an orphaned Irish boy who lives as a street urchin in Lahore and is so absorbed in local culture that few realize he is white. He becomes the disciple of an elderly Tibetan lama on a spiritual quest, and they travel in search of a legendary river. The journey draws Kim into the Great Game, the rivalry between Russia and Britain in Central Asia, through the horse trader Mahbub Ali and Colonel Creighton. It was serialized in 1900 and 1901 and published by Macmillan in October 1901.
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Who
Kim, the Teshoo Lama, Mahbub Ali and Colonel Creighton.
World
British India, roughly 1893 to 1898, with Lahore, Lucknow, Simla, Umballa and the Himalayas.
What makes it different
It popularized the phrase "Great Game." Kipling's father, John Lockwood Kipling, appears through the Lahore Museum.
Feel
Colorful and adventurous.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- KimWikipedia