Kim: Complete and Unabridged Paperback - 1987

Rudyard Kipling’s Kim tells the story of Kimball “Kim” O'Hara, an imperial orphan scavenging a hand-to-mouth existence in British India during the late 1890s. The novel functions as a fictionalization of Kipling’s own Indian childhood, but it is also a strong example of the adventure stories that became especially popular in the heyday of the British Empire. Kim has been noted for its detailed portrait of the people, culture, and varied religions of India.

 Kim was serialized in McClure's Magazine from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Cassell's Magazine from January to November 1901. It is ranked 34th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novels and 78th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003, the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel.”

Kim is Rudyard Kipling's story of an orphan born in colonial India and torn between love for his native India and the demands of Imperial loyalty to his Irish-English heritage and to the British Secret Service. Long recognized as Kipling's finest work, Kim was a key factor in his winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.

Details

• Title Kim: Complete and Unabridged
• Author Rudyard Kipling; Edward W. Said
• Binding Paperback
• Edition Third printing
• Pages 384
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Puffin Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Date October 6, 1987
• ISBN 9780140350760 / 0140350764
• Weight 0.43 lbs (0.20 kg)
• Dimensions 7.1 x 4.41 x 0.72 in (18.03 x 11.20 x 1.83 cm)
• Ages 12 to UP years
• Grade levels 7 - UP
• Reading level 940
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 87050331
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC