Kim. However, it is not revealed what happens to them next. Kim's mother, an Irish maid in a colonel's house, died even earlier of cholera (a scourge in those days among both Indians and British) in a town Kipling called Ferozpore, … Kim is so immersed in the local culture that few realise he is a white child, although he carries a packet of documents from his father entrusted to him by an Indian woman who cared for him. What is the point of the book? Kim (Kimball O'Hara) is the orphaned son of an Irish soldier. The title character of Kipling’s novel Kim – full name Kimball O’Hara – transforms from street orphan to Tibetan lama’s disciple to trainee spy. Alice Kipling (one of four remarkable Victorian sisters) was a vivacious woman about whom a future Viceroy of India would say, "Dullness and Mrs. Kipling cannot exist in the same room. [2] The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of the people, culture, and varied religions of India. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The story is about coming-of-age, adventure, espionage, travel, and the diversity of India's ethnic groups and characters, and is one of Kipling's best known works. It is a tale of adventure...It is the drama of a boy having entirely his boy's own way... and it is the mystical exegesis of this pattern of behaviour..." This reviewer concludes "Kim will endure because it is a beginning like all masterly ends..."[17][18], Nirad C. Chaudhuri considered it the best story (in English) about India itself – singling out Kipling’s appreciation of the ecological force of “the twin setting of the mountains and the plain...an unbreakable articulation between the Himalayas and the Indo-Gangetic plain”.[19]. Rudyard Kipling was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay, British India, to Alice Kipling (née MacDonald) and (John) Lockwood Kipling. Kim is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling. Kim also works as a spy for the British Secret Service, using his tanned skin and manipulation of language to move in and out of the role of a native. [1], It is set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881, but before the Third, probably in the period 1893 to 1898. The book is a classic of English literature. It was first published serially in McClure's Magazine from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Cassell's Magazine from January to November 1901, and first published in book form by Macmillan & Co. Ltd in October 1901. In English Baby Names the meaning of the name Kim is: Bold family. Kim also retains contact with his secret service connections and is trained in espionage (to be a surveyor) while on vacation from school by Lurgan Sahib, a sort of benevolent Fagin,[7] at his jewellery shop in Simla. During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English secret service. With Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas, Robert Douglas. Kim (Kimball O’Hara) is the main character in Rudyard Kipling’s 1901 novel, titled “KIM”, about an orphaned Indian boy. In fact, this isn't just any old fairy tale time: this book takes place specifically around the late 1890s in British India. I had never heard its name before choosing to pick it up, seeing the name of Rudyard Kipling on the cover but in the end, I am so happy that I did. 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 … "The book presents a vivid picture of India, its teeming populations, religions, and superstitions, and the life of the bazaars and the road. From the 1900s to the 1960s, the name Kim was mainly given to boys, despite the use of this name for both male and female characters in popular literature and, later, movies of the time. Kim sat up and yawned, shook himself, and thrilled with delight. Kim obtains maps, papers and other important items from the Russians, who are working to undermine British control of the region. He was regarded as unofficial poet laureate since he refused that and many other honors, among them the Order of Merit. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a renowned writer, journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist and is most popularly known for his work, The Jungle Book. Kim befriends an aged Tibetan lama who is on a quest to free himself from the Wheel of Things by finding the legendary ″River of the Arrow″. This was seeing the world in real truth; this was life as he would have it—bustling and shouting, the buckling of belts, and beating of bullocks and creaking of wheels, lighting of fires and cooking of … What Kipling meant by "a built book" was a big, structured, plotted work like the classic Victorian "three-decker," like a novel by Dickens or Trollope. Noted critical editions include: Seymour Becker, "The ‘great game’: The history of an evocative phrase. Fascinated since childhood by this strange tale of an orphan boy's recruitment into the Indian secret service, Peter Hopkirk here retraces Kim's footsteps across Kipling's India to see how much of it remains. He occasionally works for his friend, Mahbub Ali, a horse trader who is one of the native operatives of the British secret service. [2] Its popularity in the early Soviet era was explained as it being also the acronym for Коммунистический Интернационал Молодежи (Kommunistichesky Internatsional Molodyozhi, Young Communist International). Kim, aided by some porters and villagers, helps to rescue the lama. [4] In 2003 the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel."[5]. Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India, the son of John Lockwood Kipling, a museum director and author and illustrator. Once upon a time (because at its heart, Kim is a fairy tale), there was an orphan boy named Kimball O'Hara, Kim for short. Kim is like Indian Harry potter to me. (98) Ironically, during the same decade, in 1937 Kim Philby--who reportedly was given the name "Kim" after the character in Kipling's novel--began his long career as a double-agent in British intelligence, setting up the foundations for the infamous "Cambridge Spy Ring." And yet Kipling brings them together and makes them compatible in a way which is central to the unique quality of Kim the novel, and the unique identity of Kim the character. Throughout his years at school, Kim remains in contact with the holy man he has come to love. Considered by many to be Kipling's masterpiece, opinion appears varied about its consideration as children's literature or not. In his autobiography, Kipling remarks that in 1897 he “had a vague notion of an Irish boy, born in India and mixed up with native life. Kim's last name, in Kipling's novel is a crossword puzzle clue that we have spotted 2 times. http://www.omaha.com/living/cleveland-evans-kim-once-popular-for-boys-and-girls/article_b3e461ec-f4ac-53de-8bcc-4c06b146ca54.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kim_(given_name)&oldid=1002059868, Articles containing Russian-language text, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 January 2021, at 17:17. This coming of age tale had a lot of charm in many spots, but too often was a bit slow for my tastes. The lama insists that Kim should comply with the chaplain's plan because he believes it is in Kim's best interests, and the boy is sent to a top English school in Lucknow. "[3], In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Kim No. Kim's full name is Kimball O'Hara; he may look like just another bazaar brat and speak Urdu better than English, but he is the son of an Irish sergeant who left the army, stayed in India, took to drink and opium, and died as poor whites die in India. Rudyard Kipling (his official first name was Joseph, but he preferred to use his spectacular middle name Rudyard) is a British writer from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rudyard Kipling was an English author who wrote some of the most famous short stories, novels and poems ever written in the English language. In Rudyard Kipling’s 1901 novel Kim the hero, Kim, plays the game as a part of his training as a spy. Kim is divided between his love for his Lama master, and his eagerness to become a secret agent and even have a price put on his head, and his natural independence as a free spirit. It is also used as a diminutive or nickname for names such as Kimberly, Kimberley, Kimball and Kimiko. [14][15] Roger Sale, in his history of children's literature, concludes "Kim is the apotheosis of the Victorian cult of childhood, but it shines now as bright as ever, long after the Empire's collapse..."[16], About a reissue of the novel in 1959 by Macmillan, the reviewer opines "Kim is a book worked at three levels. Famous Bearer: The hero of Rudyard Kipling's novel 'Kim'. The story unfolds against the backdrop of The Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The formation ensign is still used by a military formation in, The quote "We'll make a man of you at Sanawar—even at the price o' making you a Protestant" refers to the, This page was last edited on 18 December 2020, at 14:29. Kim is a male and female unisex given name.It is also used as a diminutive or nickname for names such as Kimberly, Kimberley, Kimball and Kimiko.In Kenya it is short for Kimani or Kimathi which are male names. Kim's full name is Kimball O'Hara, the poorest of the poor, who lives mostly, in the slum streets of Lahore, the Punjab (now part of Pakistan). Kipling’s Kim is a novel about a young European boy in India, Kim, who travels with a Tibetan lama on his search for a river of purifying water. The Jungle Books Kipling's list of names in the stories This list of names, their meanings, and pronunciation, was provided by Rudyard Kipling as an Author's Note for the definitive Sussex Edition of his works (Vol. One day, he befriends a Tibetan Lama who is on a quest to free himself from the Wheel of Things by finding the legendary 'River of the Arrow'. Mookherjee befriends the Russians undercover, acting as a guide, and ensures that they do not recover the lost items. Personally, I would give an arm to have written a novel as good as Kim. The Novel Kipling’s most famous work is Kim. Rudyard Kipling, Writer: The Man Who Would Be King. In Michael Ondaatje's novel The English Patient the character Kip - an Indian sapper serving in the WWII British Army, who is himself a native of Lahore - makes some ironic remarks about "Kim", especially about its opening scene with the gun Zamzama. I went as far as to make him the son of a private in an Irish Battalion, and christened him ‘Kim of the Rishti’ - short, that is, for Irish.” And, particularly in ''Kim,'' Kipling has created a sympathetic literary myth to go hand in hand with Lahore's artistic pleasures. This book is for all those who love Kim, that masterpiece of Indian life in which Kipling immortalized the Great Game. (Britton 29) Short Stories Kim becomes his chela, or disciple, and accompanies him on his journey. Few of us, however, would be as hard on Kipling as he was on himself. In that strict sense he was correct, and no novelist. Kim delivers the Russian documents to Hurree, and a concerned Mahbub Ali comes to check on Kim. Before this appointment begins, however, he is granted a much-deserved break. Nirad C. Chaudhuri, ‘The Finest Story About India - in English’, The DVD release is by Legend Films, San Diego, CA (and available from Amazon as, This film version of the story is distributed by Amazon at, 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, "Landmarks in the History of Children's Literature", "Teaching American Children's Literature", https://www.amazon.com/Kim-Errol-Flynn/dp/B007XTDX1Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1465681261&sr=1-1&keywords=kim+1950, https://www.amazon.com/Shirley-Temple-Storybook-Collection-6-pk/dp/B001BSBBTO, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkmerkTGVmc, https://www.amazon.com/Kim-Peter-OToole/dp/B000G8NY2W, "Interview: Steven Gould author of 7th Sigma", The Phantom 'Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales, Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories, From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Letters of Travel, Rudyard Kipling's Verse: Definitive Edition, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kim_(novel)&oldid=994971092, 20th-century British children's literature, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Kimball "Kim" O'Hara – an orphan son of an Irish soldier, the protagonist; "A poor white, the poorest of the poor", Teshoo Lama – a Tibetan Lama, the former abbot of the Such-zen monastery in the western Himalayas, on a spiritual journey, Colonel Creighton – British Army officer, ethnologist and spy, Hurree Chunder Mookherjee (Hurree Babu, also the Babu) – a, the Woman of Shamlegh (Lispeth) who helps Kim and the Lama to evade the Russian spies and return to the plains, Huneefa – a sorceress who performs a devil invocation ritual to protect Kim, E.23 – a spy for the British whom Kim helps avoid capture, Her Majesty's Royal Loyal Musketeers, also known as "The Mavericks" – a fictional Irish Regiment of the British Army also mentioned in the novella "The Mutiny of the Mavericks", The gun in front of the Lahore Museum described in the first chapter is an existing piece called, The "Gate of the Harpies", where Mahbub Ali is made unconscious and searched by the treacherous, Kim dreams of a "Red bull in a green field" which he recognises when he sees a military formation ensign of a bull on a green background. There are related clues (shown below). Kim spends a month in Simla, India at the home of Mr. Lurgan, who runs a jewel shopas a cover for his real work as a secret agent for the British against the Russians. The lama, a former abbot, funds Kim's education. 78 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. (For more on this time period, check out the "In a Nutshell" and "Setting" sections.) Clue: Kim's last name, in Kipling's novel. In Russia Ким (Kim) is a diminutive/nickname of Ioakim (Russian: Иоаким), "Joachim". "Lockwood Kipling, a sculptor and pottery designer, was the principal and professor of architectural sculpture at the newly founded Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy School of Art and Industry in Bo… The lama realises that he has gone astray. Kim is a male and female unisex given name. He gives his name to “Kim’s game”, the game where you have to recall a number of objects from memory. A notable use of the name was the fictional street urchin Kimball O'Hara in Rudyard Kipling's book Kim, published in 1901. Kim Introduction. In Kenya it is short for Kimani or Kimathi which are male names. Kim becomes his chela, or disciple, and accompanies him on his journey. So, sure, the King Louie scene wasn't filmed in a real temple. Other parts of this training are disguise and the careful study of Indian population, and the characterisic dress, behaviour and "even how they spit" in order to go undercover or to discover those in disguise. Kim is a book completely unfamiliar to me. The lama finds his river and is convinced he has achieved Enlightenment, and wants to share it with Kim. This was at the height of the "British Raj", so he was brought up by Indian nurses ("ayahs"), who taught him something of the beliefs and tongues of India. We have Kim, a book where a white boy, born and orphaned in India, is the best spy and Buddhist there is. The name is also found in the opening of Edna Ferber's 1926 novel Show Boat, whose female protagonist, Magnolia names her baby daughter Kim; the name was inspired by the convergence of the three states Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri – where the child was born. The Sussex edition is standard for Kipling's works. On the way, Kim incidentally learns about parts of the Great Game and is recruited by Mahbub Ali to carry a message to the head of British intelligence in Umballa. Bold kin. He wrote ‘The Jungle Book' in 1894, ‘Captains Courageous' in 1897, ‘Kim' in 1901, and ‘Just So Stories' 1902 among many others. [1] In Scandinavia Kim can more often be used as a male name in its own right, being a common short form of Joakim. He … As part of his training, Kim looks at a tray full of mixed objects and notes which have been added or taken away, a pastime still called Kim's Game, also called the Jewel Game. For me, the book was a … Noted critical editions include: After three years of schooling, Kim is given a government appointment so that he can begin to participate in the Great Game. His search for the River of the Arrow should be taking place in the plains, not in the mountains, and he orders the porters to take them back. Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers. Here Kim and the lama are nursed back to health after their arduous journey. The Sussex edition is standard for Kipling's works. The book tells the journey of a young boy during British Rule in India. By chance, Kim's father's regimental chaplain identifies Kim by his Masonic certificate, which he wears around his neck, and Kim is forcibly separated from the lama. Kim is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling. Kim’s Game is a game of observation and memory. His fiction works include The Jungle Book — a classic of children’s literature — and the rousing adventure novel Kim, as well as books of poems, short stories, and essays.In 1907, at the age of 42, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. ", Ann Parry, "Recovering the Connection between, See for details Omer Tarin, 'My Quest for Mahbub Ali' in the, O Tarin, in the 'Kipling Journal' UK, June 2008, aa. The Lama in Kim Rudyard Kipling Holden went to his bungalow and began to understand that he was not alone in the world, and also that he was afraid for the sake of another, -- which is the most soul-satisfying fear known to man. The novel made the term "Great Game" popular and introduced the theme of great power rivalry and intrigue. Kim's trip with the lama along the Grand Trunk Road is the first great adventure in the novel. Kim (Kimball O'Hara)[6] is the orphaned son of an Irish soldier (Kimball O'Hara sr., a former colour sergeant and later an employee of an Indian railway company) and a poor Irish mother (a former nanny in a colonel's household) who have both died in poverty. He earns his living by begging and running small errands on the streets of Lahore. On the way, Kim incidentally le… He occasionally works for Mahbub Ali, a Pashtun horse trader who is one of the native operatives of the British secret service. Kim rejoins the lama and at the behest of Kim's superior, Hurree Chunder Mookherjee, they make a trip to the Himalayas so Kim can investigate what some Russian intelligence agents are doing. It was first published serially in McClure's Magazine from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Cassell's Magazine from January to November 1901, and first published in book form by Macmillan & Co. Ltd in October 1901. X11, pages 471-8). Directed by Victor Saville. 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