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Kim Kindle Edition

by Rudyard Kipling (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 473 ratings
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Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale of an orphaned boy, a lama on a powerful quest, and two imperialist nations butting heads over one magical country

Set in the former Lahore, India, against the backdrop of an imperialist war between Russia and Great Britain, Kim is the coming-of-age story of Kimball O’Hara, a low-caste orphan boy roaming the streets with a “magic” talisman around his neck. The pendant contains three magic parchments sewn into a leather amulet case—papers that could whisk him away from the world he knows and trusts.
 
One afternoon, Kim takes pity on an elderly lama who declares he is searching for wisdom and enlightenment at the River of the Arrow, and becomes the old man’s guide, savior, and friend. Together, the odd pair travels the Grand Trunk Road, dodging cutpurses and road agents until the “Little Friend of all the World” becomes a little disciple to the wise old lama. But when Kim’s father’s old regimental chaplain runs into the lama and his young chela on their travels, a big change threatens to disrupt the friends’ plans to find enlightenment and happiness on their shared quest.
 
Widely considered to be Rudyard Kipling’s masterpiece, Kim combines sweeping adventure with a brilliant coming-of-age story. Part children’s tale, part spy thriller, part examination of the twilight of the Victorian empire, Kim is a classic page-turner.
 
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    114 pages
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    Open Road Media
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    February 24, 2015
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00T5H5EKU
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media (February 24, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 24, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3122 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 114 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 473 ratings

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Rudyard Kipling

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Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in Bombay in December 1865. He returned to India from England shortly before his seventeenth birthday, to work as a journalist first on the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore, then on the Pioneer at Allahabad. The poems and stories he wrote over the next seven years laid the foundation of his literary reputation, and soon after his return to London in 1889 he found himself world-famous. Throughout his life his works enjoyed great acclaim and popularity, but he came to seem increasingly controversial because of his political opinions, and it has been difficult to reach literary judgements unclouded by partisan feeling.

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4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5
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5.0 out of 5 stars spectacularly good…
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2024
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What a wonderful story, beautifully written, about India, back in the day, of the cultural currents mixing, of rivers, espionage, food and magnificent scenery, all exquisitely told.
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Shep
5.0 out of 5 stars Hugely Entertaining
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2021
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Rudyard Kipling’s story speaks to young and adult minds alike. The story leads you along, easily using your imagination, and never allowing you to guess the outcome. A very entertaining story that today would be the first of many volumes.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A fabulous book
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2021
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I lived in India for three years and visit often. Kipling describes a single country that stretched from Lahore to Dhaka, the subcontinent before partition. His foreigner's perspective on ethnic relations among the populations of India are interesting, and the great game seems as relevant today as it was at the start of the Twentieth Century when Kipling wrote the book. I'm grateful for the ability of ebooks to look up definitions of florid British and Indian words and phrases: that made it much easier for me to make my way through this fascinating story.
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MaryOMontana
3.0 out of 5 stars Really hard to get into.
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2020
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Hadn't read this classic and decided it was time. Still haven't read it. Did start it several times but it will take more perseverance than I had on previous attempts to read.
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Bemused Prof
5.0 out of 5 stars Why didn't I read this earlier? Like when I was a kid?
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2017
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I never read this, assuming that it was another Victorian era example of convoluted and ultimately boring writing. But I have been coming across more and more excellent writing from 1880 to 1920, and then I read the Laurie King novel, The Game, which featured Kimball O'Hara, the grown up version of Kim. The story was interesting enough to get me to look at the original. To my surprise, the reason that people have raved about this book for multiple generations is that it is a good book, with excellent writing that puts you into 19th Century India/Pakistan very easily. I quite enjoyed the journey.
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Steinbjorn
5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2022
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Kim was first read when I was 13, after coincidentally just finishing Tom Sawyer. Reread the story when in my mid thirtysomethings. Just as enjoyable then, as now, after my fifth, (I think), reading. I have the complete Kipling collection as well as the Mark Twain collection. "Kim" has been one of my absolute favorites throughout my 77 years, and one of my favorite authors. There is much to praise in Mr. Kipling's prolific writings, I suggest you read as many as you can. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have. Don't get me started on Mark Twain.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic, if you missed this, get it now.
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2022
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Kimball O’Hara, a low-caste orphan boy roaming the streets with a “magic” talisman around his neck. The pendant contains three magic parchments sewn into a leather amulet case—papers that could whisk him away from the world he knows and trusts.
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stephen crain
4.0 out of 5 stars Kim completed
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2022
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I labored through the prose,so difficult for me to understand. Yet, the book forced me to ponder the river forged by the arrow, the wheel of life, Kim and the supporting characters. That said I never grasped the enough and was a bit disappointed in the return for the effort.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Graphic you see the story in all its vividness
Reviewed in India on January 4, 2020
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Fantastic tale, eminently readable, engrossing narrative .. you can't put it down and the story flow never leaves your mind hen you do. .. that is how classics were written in the times by this great nobel prize winner .. start with one you will end up reading all .. fantastic colourful and you see the story in your mind .👌👌
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le goff
1.0 out of 5 stars kim kipling rudyard
Reviewed in France on October 2, 2019
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le livre est bien arrivé a son destinataire mais il est écrit en ESPAGNOL. que faut-il faire? merci.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2015
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Read in tandem with Peter Hopkirk's Quest for Kim - it is unputdownable
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Nicola Powell
1.0 out of 5 stars Omg had to read this for bookclub. Life i ...
Reviewed in Australia on April 18, 2016
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Omg had to read this for bookclub. Life i s too short. The language is hard to comprehend for a start and sometin=mes you hve to know when to say no I am not going to read this book
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Naval Patel
5.0 out of 5 stars It was a book!
Reviewed in India on December 24, 2021
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Stupid question from you: what do you think I would use a book for other than to read it?
The item was satisfactory, clear type and appears well bound. Good packaging ensured it came unscathed.
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