Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. His aim, as he moves chameleon-like through the two cultures, is to reconcile these opposing strands, while the lama searches for redemption from the Wheel of Life.Ī celebration of their friendship in a beautiful but often hostile environment, 'Kim' captures the opulence of India's exotic landscape, overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism, he is also spiritually bound to the lama. Born in India, Kim is nevertheless white, a sahib. Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama - are at the center of the novel. The book presents a vivid picture of India, its teeming populations, religions, and superstitions, and the life of the bazaars and the road. The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of the people, culture, and varied religions of India. 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.Set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881, but before the Third fought in 1919, probably in the period 1893 to 1898. Set between the second and third Afghan War, “Kim” presents a vivid portrait of 19th century India. 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. First published in “McClure’s Magazine” between December of 1901 and October of 1901, Kim (1901) is one of Kipling’s masterpieces.
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