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Kim Paperback - 2016

Name: Kim (Spanish Edition)
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Author: Kipling, Rudyard; Gouveia, Andrea [Editor]; Gouveia, Andrea [Translator];
ISBN: 9781535446402

by Andrea Gouveia (Editor); Andrea Gouveia (Translator); Rudyard Kipling

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About this book

Rudyard Kipling’s Kim tells the story of Kimball “Kim” O'Hara, an imperial orphan scavenging a hand-to-mouth existence in British India during the late 1890s. The novel functions as a fictionalization of Kipling’s own Indian childhood, but it is also a strong example of the adventure stories that became especially popular in the heyday of the British Empire. Kim has been noted for its detailed portrait of the people, culture, and varied religions of India.

Kim was serialized in McClure's Magazine from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Cassell's Magazine from January to November 1901. It is ranked 34th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novels and 78th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003, the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel.”

From the publisher

Kim es una novela picaresca y de espionaje del escritor Sir Rudyard Kipling. Publicada en 1901 por MacMillan & Co. Ltd., tiene como fondo el conflicto poltico en Asia Central entre el Imperio Ruso y el Imperio Britnico, llamado El Gran Juego. Notable por el detallado retrato del pueblo de la India.Kimball O'Hara, llamado Kim, es un hurfano, hijo de un soldado ingls y una madre pobre de raza blanca. Sobrevive mendigando y haciendo mandados en las calles de Lahore, durante el perodo de la India colonial. Est tan inmerso en la cultura local, que pocos notan que l es de raza blanca. Ocasionalmente trabaja para Mahbub Ali, un comerciante de caballos, y tambin un agente del servicio secreto britnico, al que ingresar Kim posteriormente.

First Edition Identification

Doubleday, Page & Company of New York and Macmillan of London both published Rudyard Kipling’s Kim in October 1901, but the US edition was copyrighted two weeks earlier than the UK edition. Doubleday, Page & Company’s 460-page edition is bound in green ribbed cloth and has 10 illustrations. This first edition has sold for up to $500. Macmillan’s edition is bound in red cloth and has illustrations by HR Millar. Interestingly, this edition has sold for upwards of $25,000 (more than 50-times the value Doubleday, Page & Company’s).