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Kim

By: Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
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 Kimball O'Hara is an Irish orphan, but he runs free in the streets of India. As a boy, he shows self-reliance and resourcefulness, running errands for Mahbub Ali, who works for the British Secret Service. Kim also meets a Tibetan lama who is on a quest to be freed from the Wheel of Life and becomes his disciple. Together they have wonderful adventures on the exotically colorful Grand Trunk Road through the Indian countryside. Then Kim is pulled into the great game of British imperial espionage and becomes a member of the Secret Service, even capturing documents from the enemy spies. Yet Kim is greatly attached to the lama and begins to feel the conflicting pulls between a life of contemplation and one of action.Public Domain (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Action & Adventure Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction Espionage

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Critic reviews

"Kim gives a vivid picture of the complexities of India under British rule. Kipling's vast canvas, crowded with action and movement, is painted in full detail, showing the life of the bazaar mystics, of the natives, and of the British military."( Masterpieces of World Literature)
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This is considered a classic novel, and with good reason - it's so beautifully crafted and such fun to read. Ralph Cosham's narration is always a joy, I love the sound of his voice and he has just the right tone for late 19th/early 20th century novels.

A spy/adventure story and a literary classic

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