Considered by many as Kipling’s masterpiece, “Kim” is a classic novel of espionage and adventure which helped bring popular attention to the political and diplomatic confrontation between the British Empire and the Russian Empire in Central and Southern Asia at the end of the 19th century.

1901 Rudyard Kipling Kim Hardcover Book Doubleday Page & Co First Edition. Set between the second and third Afghan War, “Kim” presents a vivid portrait of 19th century India. Rudyard Kipling KIM 1901 1st ED classic novel jungle book author RARE Stamp. success remains to be seen-a task which his huge proved too much for him the cutting of a long novel So it has been with him all along he has never been. Set against the backdrop of “The Great Game” a political conflict between Russia and Great Britain in central Asia, the novel traces the life of the title character from begging and errand running on the streets of Lahore to his schooling at a top English school in Lucknow, where he is trained in espionage, and ultimately to a government appointment where he himself gets to play in “The Great Game.” “Kim” is the story of Kim (Kimball) O’Hara, the orphaned son of a British soldier. It was first published serially in McClures Magazine from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Cassells Magazine from January to November 1901, and first published in book form by Macmillan & Co.

First published in “McClure’s Magazine” between December of 1901 and October of 1901, Kim (1901) is one of Kipling’s masterpieces. Kim is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling.

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