Project Gutenberg 2014-11-10 Public domain in the USA. 84 Kipling, Rudyard 1865 1936 Kipling, R. (Rudyard) Kipling, Joseph Rudyard Leiviskä, Hannes 1873 1918 Leiviska, Hannes Leiviskä, Johannes Kim: Koko maailman pikku ystävä Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_(novel) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_(vuoden_1901_kirja) E-text prepared by Helvi Ollikainen and Tapio Riikonen "Kim: Koko maailman pikku ystävä" by Rudyard Kipling is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows a young boy named Kim, who navigates the complex societal landscape of colonial India. Born to a poor Irish soldier in Punjab, Kim lives a life filled with adventure, deceit, and spiritual exploration, interacting with both British and Indian characters. The opening of the novel introduces us to Kim playing near a historic cannon in Lahore, setting the stage for his mischievous nature and the vibrant, multicultural backdrop of British-occupied India. Kim's identity is blurred as he resembles both the local residents and the British, leading to a life of independence as he befriends various characters, including an old Tibetan Lama searching for a sacred river. The narrative establishes Kim's charming persona as “the little friend of the whole world” and hints at his larger journey that intertwines with themes of spirituality and cultural encounters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 44.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Orphans -- Fiction India -- Fiction Boys -- Fiction Adventure stories Spy stories Lamas -- Fiction Irish -- India -- Fiction PR Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 764506 2025-08-19T06:17:43.161847 text/html 764406 764318 2024-10-19T17:39:28.225365 2023-09-20T12:45:28.173121 text/html text/html 372477 2025-08-19T06:17:54.256906 application/epub+zip 385316 2025-08-19T06:17:46.925849 application/epub+zip 356534 2025-08-19T06:17:45.558838 application/epub+zip 642471 2025-08-19T06:17:59.750804 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 602265 2025-08-19T06:17:53.315801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 557106 2022-09-21T13:36:27.324890 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 694248 2025-08-19T06:17:42.591840 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 674404 2024-10-24T12:10:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19546 2025-08-19T06:18:00.448750 application/rdf+xml 12549 2025-08-19T06:17:46.059838 image/jpeg 2936 2025-08-19T06:17:45.808827 image/jpeg 370289 2025-08-19T06:17:43.223972 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fi.wikipedia