Description: Book: Kim by Rudyard Kipling Vintage 1939 Hardback. Kim is the orphaned son of an Irish soldier and a poor Irish mother who have both died in poverty. Living a vagabond existence in India under British rule in the late 19th century, Kim earns his living by begging and running small errands on the streets. He occasionally works for a horse trader who is one of the native operatives of the British secret service. Kim is so immersed in the local culture that few realize he is a white child, although he carries a packet of documents from his father entrusted to him by an Indian woman who cared for him. Kim befriends an aged Lama who is on a quest to finding the legendary ″River of the Arrow″. Kim becomes his disciple and accompanies him on his journey. On the way, Kim incidentally learns about parts of the ‘Great Game’ and is recruited by the horse trader to carry a message to the head of British intelligence. Kim's trip with the lama is the first great adventure in the novel. By chance, Kim's father's regimental chaplain identifies Kim by his Masonic certificate, which he wears around his neck, and Kim is forcibly separated from the lama. The lama insists that Kim should comply with the chaplain's plan because he believes it is in Kim's best interests, and the boy is sent to a good English school. The lama, a former abbot, funds Kim's education. Kim is divided between his love for his Lama master, and his eagerness to become a secret agent and even have a price put on his head, and his natural independence as a free spirit. So, the adventures of Kim continue in this exciting tale by Mr. Kipling.
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Special Attributes: Collector's Edition
Subject: Literature & Fiction
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Topic: Classics
Region: Great Britain
Binding: Hardcover
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Author: Rudgard Kipling
Publisher: Sun Dial Press
Character Family: Kim
