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Kim

Illustrated by Ian Beck

Author: Rudyard Kipling and Ian Beck   Series: Alma Junior Classics

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Widely considered to be Kipling's masterpiece and one of the greatest novels written in the English language.

With its peerless evocation of the teeming cities, breathtaking landscapes and diverse cultures of late-nineteenth-century India, Kim is This edition contains extra material for young readers.

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Widely considered to be Kipling's masterpiece and one of the greatest novels written in the English language.

With its peerless evocation of the teeming cities, breathtaking landscapes and diverse cultures of late-nineteenth-century India, Kim is This edition contains extra material for young readers.

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Description

Kimball O’Hara, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier, spends his childhood on the bustling streets of Lahore, begging and running errands in order to survive. One day he meets an old Tibetan lama, and he decides to accompany him on his travels across the Indian subcontinent. After falling into the hands of his father’s old regiment, however, Kim is separated from the lama and sent away to school. There, his natural flair for espionage is spotted, and he is soon catapulted among the majestic peaks of the Himalayas to play his part in the secret service’s confrontation with Russia, the so-called “Great Game”.With its peerless evocation of the teeming cities, breathtaking landscapes and diverse cultures of late-nineteenth-century India, Kim is widely considered to be Kipling’s masterpiece and one of the greatest novels written in the English language.

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About the Author

Famous for his tales of adventure in British India, Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) is one of the most popular writers of all time and the first English-speaking recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Product Details

Publisher
Alma Books Ltd | Alma Classics
Published
25th September 2019
Pages
352
ISBN
9781847498045

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