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Kim (1901) (edit title/settings)

by Rudyard Kipling (Author) (edit contributors)

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Kipling's famous tale of India features Kimball O'Hara, an Irish orphan raised in India. After travelling with a Tibetan lama, Kim is sent to school, but continues to travel with the lama and aids the English Secret Service. The novel is especially well-loved for its depictions of India.

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He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam-Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher — the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum.

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This is book 147 of 214 in Best English-Language Fiction of the 20th Century. (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Remains of the Day, and followed by The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

This book is in Readers Digest Press. (edition-based publisher list)
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This book is in Penguin Classics. (edition-based publisher list)

Preceded by King Solomon's Mines, and followed by The Road of Bones.

This book is in 100 One-Night Reads: A Book Lover's Guide. (authoritative list)
This is book 783 of 1271 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Buddenbrooks, and followed by Sister Carrie.

This is book 159 of 196 in BBC 'Big Read' Top 200 Novels, 2003. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Heart of Darkness, and followed by Outlander.

This is book 55 of 96 in Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and followed by Frankenstein.

This is book 78 of 93 in Modern Library's 100 Best Novels: The Board's List. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Finnegans Wake, and followed by A Room with a View.

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  1. Rudyard Kipling (Author)

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  1. Edward W. Said
  2. Pankaj Mishra

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Macmillan & Co
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1901
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 460

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  • Library of Congress: PR4854 .K4 1901
  • Dewey: 823.8

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Reading Level: Young Adults

Kipling's Victorian prose will be hard for younger readers to decipher. A version of the novel with textual notes will do much to help make sense of the glorious mix of cultures in Kim's India.

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