Kim (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- First Published: 1901
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: India
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Adventure
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Parents and children, Traveling or travelers, Race, Nineteenth century, Education or educators, Religion, Spiritual life or spirituality, England or English people, Storms, India or East Indian people, Adventure, Soldiers, Orphans or orphanages, Espionage or spies, Opium, Bribery
- Locales: India
Characters Discussed
Kimball O’Hara (Kim), the son of an Irish mother, who died in India when he was born, and an Irish father, who was color sergeant of the regiment called the Mavericks and who died and left Kim in the care of a half-caste woman. Kim grows up on the streets of Lahore, and his skin becomes so dark that no one can tell he is white. He attaches himself to a Tibetan lama as a chela. Kim is caught by the chaplain of the Maverick regiment, who discovers his real identity. The lama pays for Kim’s education, and Kim finally distinguishes himself as a member of...
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