Kim by Rudyard Kipling

Kim

Author: Rudyard Kipling

'Kim told the older children tales of the size and beauty of Lahore, of railway travel, and such-like city things, while the men talked, slowly as the cattle chew the cud'

A boy, growing into manhood, and an old ascetic priest are on a quest. Kim was born and raised in India and plays with the slum children as he lives on the streets, but he is white, a sahib, and wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism, while the priest must find redemption from the Wheel of Life. Kim (1901) celebrates their friendship and their journeys in a beautiful but hostile environment, capturing the opulence of the exotic landscape and the uneasy presence of the British Raj. Filled with rich description and vivid characters, this beguiling coming of age story is considered to be Kipling's masterpiece.

Part of a series of new editions of Kipling's works in Penguin Classics, this volume contains a General Preface by Jan Montefiore and an introduction by Harish Trivedi placing the novel in its literary and social context.

Edited with an introduction by HARISH TRIVEDI
Series Editor JAN MONTEFIORE

Selected Stories

By Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling is undoubtedly one of the great short-story writers in the English language. This collection opens with 'The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows', the first story Kipling published as a young journalist in India, and ends with an acknowledged masterpiece, 'The Gardener', written fifty years later in the aftermah of the Great War.

Published: 31/01/2002

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141186757

RRP: $24.95

The Jungle Book: Popular Penguins

By Rudyard Kipling

Mowgli, the man-cub who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. As he embarks on a series of thrilling escapades, Mowgli encounters such unforgettable creatures as Bagheera, the graceful black panther, and Shere Khan, the tiger with the blazing eyes. A rich and complex fable of human life, Kipling's enduring classic dazzles the imagination...

Published: 28/06/2010

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141333427

RRP: $9.95

Kim

By Rudyard Kipling

Explore India with Kim, a boy with both East and West in his soul . . .

Orphan boy Kim is reared in the teeming, vibrant streets of India at the turn of the last century. An impish child with an endless interest in the extraordinary characters he meets, Kim is a 'Friend of all the World'. One day, an old Tibetan lama sets him on the path that will lead him to travel the Great Trunk Road...

Explore India with Kim, a boy with both East and West in his soul . . .

Orphan boy Kim is reared in the teeming, vibrant streets of India at the turn of the last century. An impish child with an...

Published: 12/08/2011

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141332505

RRP: $9.95

Captains Courageous

By Rudyard Kipling

Harvey Cheyne is the over-indulged son of a millionaire. When he falls overboard from an ocean liner he is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman and, initially against his will, joins the crew. Through the medium of an exciting adventure story, Captains Courageous (1897) deals with a boy who, like Mowgli in The Jungle Book , is thrown into an entirely alien environment.

Published: 16/09/2005

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780142437711

RRP: $9.95

The Man Who Would Be King

By Rudyard Kipling

'They tell me that one never sees a dead person's face in a dream. Is that true?'

Published: 09/06/2011

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141442358

RRP: $9.95

Selected Poems

By Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is often regarded as the unofficial Laureate of the British Empire. Yet his writing reveals a ferociously independent figure at times violently opposed to the dominant political and literary tendencies of his age. Arranged in chronological order, this diverse selection of his poetry shows the development of Kipling's talent, his deepening maturity and the growing sombreness...

Published: 05/06/2001

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780140424317

RRP: $9.95