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    Kim is an adventure fiction novel by Rudyard Kipling. Key subjects include orphans, India, boys and lamas.

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    About Kim

    "Kim" by Rudyard Kipling is a novel first published in 1901. It follows the adventures of an orphaned Irish boy living as a street vagabond in late 19th-century India. Kim befriends a Tibetan lama seeking spiritual enlightenment and becomes his disciple. Their journey along the Grand Trunk Road draws Kim into the dangerous world of British espionage and the Great Game—the covert struggle between Russia and Britain for control of Central Asia. The novel vividly portrays India's cultures, religions, and teeming populations.
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    Themes, setting & tropes

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    Subjects

    • Orphans
    • India
    • Boys
    • Adventure stories
    • Spy stories
    • Lamas
    • Irish, India

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    Who wrote Kim?

    Kim was written by Rudyard Kipling.

    What genre is Kim?

    It is usually shelved as Adventure.

    Is Kim free to read?

    Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

    What books are similar to Kim?

    Readers who like it often enjoy The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete, The Coral Island and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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