Kim

This article is about the novel by Rudyard Kipling. For alternate meanings, see Kim (disambiguation).

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Kim is a spy novel and picaresque novel, written by Rudyard Kipling and first published in 1901. The story is set against the backdrop of The Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia.

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Kim (Kimball O'Hara) is an orphan son of a British soldier (Sahib). He runs free on the streets of Lahore and incidentally makes contact with the British secret service through Mahbub Ali, a horse trader, who is one of their native operatives. He attaches himself to a Tibetan Lama who is on a quest to be freed from the Wheel of Life. Kipling inserted a cameo appearance of his father John Lockwood Kipling who was the curator of the Lahore Museum into the scene where Kim meets the Lama. Kim becomes the Lama's chela, or disciple, but is also used by the British to carry a message to the British commander in Umballa. Kim's trip with the Lama along the Grand Trunk Road is the first great adventure in the novel.

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Picaresque novel: :For the album by the Decemberists, see Picaresque (album)....

Rudyard Kipling: Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India. He is best known for the children's story The Jungle Book (1894), the Indian spy novel Kim (1901), the poems "Gunga Din" (1892), "If— " (1895), and his many short stories....

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