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With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.

Kim is Rudyard Kipling’s finest work. Now controversial, this novel is a memorably vivid evocation of the life and landscapes of India in the late nineteenth century. Kim himself is a resourceful lad who befriends a lama, an ageing priest; and both embark on a combined quest. Whereas Kim has an insatiable interest in the varied activities around him, the lama seeks redemption from the ‘Wheel of Life’. Kim becomes involved in the ‘Great Game’:, undertaking espionage for the British rulers.

This engrossing and moving novel, with its diversity of memorable characters, offers many insights into political, religious and social tensions.

Kim

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    A Paperback / softback by Rudyard Kipling, Professor Cedric Watts, Professor Cedric Watts

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      Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd
      Published 5 May 1994
      ISBN-13 9781853260995
      978-1853260995
      ISBN-10 1853260991
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      Fiction Classics Books by Rudyard Kipling

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.

      Kim is Rudyard Kipling’s finest work. Now controversial, this novel is a memorably vivid evocation of the life and landscapes of India in the late nineteenth century. Kim himself is a resourceful lad who befriends a lama, an ageing priest; and both embark on a combined quest. Whereas Kim has an insatiable interest in the varied activities around him, the lama seeks redemption from the ‘Wheel of Life’. Kim becomes involved in the ‘Great Game’:, undertaking espionage for the British rulers.

      This engrossing and moving novel, with its diversity of memorable characters, offers many insights into political, religious and social tensions.

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