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Kim, ( 1901), a combined spy novel and picaresque novel by Rudyard Kipling written against the background of the Great Game -- the cat-and-mouse activities of Russia and Britain in northern India and Afghanistan in the 19th century.
Kim (Kimball O'Hara) is a half-caste orphan son of a British soldier and a nursemaid who runs free on the streets of Lahore and who incidentally makes contact with the British secret service. He attaches himself to a Tibetan Lama who is on a quest to be freed from the Wheel of Life. He becomes his chela, or disciple, but is also used by the British to carry a message to the British army in the North. Kim's trip with the Lama along the Grand Trunk RoadThe Grand Trunk Road is the Indian Subcontinent's first, largest and oldest major road, linking Calcutta on the Bay of Bengal coast with Kabul in Afghanistan via the Khyber Pass. The Grand Trunk Road spans a distance of over 2,500 km, and connects up the is the first great adventure in the novel.
Kim is recognized by chaplain of his father's army regiment and sent to school in LucknowLucknow is the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It had a population of 2,207,340 in 2001. It has a literacy rate of 68. It is the second largest urban centre in Uttar Pradesh after Kanpur. History Lucknow's history begins with its elevat, but keeps in touch with the Lama and also with his secret service connections. He is trained in espionageEspionage is the practice of obtaining secrets spying from rivals or enemies for military, political, or economic advantage. It is usually thought of as part of an organized (ie, governmental or corporate) effort. A spy is an agent employed to obtain such; the game of looking at a tray full of mixed objects and noting which have been added or taken away is still used for training spies and is still called "Kim's Game".
Kim rejoins the lama and together they make a trip to the Himalayas, this time capturing papers from Russian spies but at the same time the Lama continues his spiritual quest. At the end of the novel, Kim is undecided between the spiritual life of the Lama and the life of action at which he excels.
Two novels by John Eyton, Kullu and the Carts and Kullu and the Elephant (c. 1929Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 See also 1929 in aviation 1929 in film 1929 in literature 1929 in mu), are clearly derivative of Kim; likewise, Eyton's Jungle-born ( 1925Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 See also 1925 in aviation 1925 in film 1925 in literature 1925 in mu) appears to borrow elements from the Jungle BooksNote: this page discusses the original Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. For information on the 1967 Disney cartoon version see The Jungle Book (1967 movie . The Jungle Book ( 1894) is a collection of stories written by the famous author Rudyard Kipling whi.