Kim. NOVEL by: Nobel Prize-winning (1901) By: Rudyard Kipling.( INCLUDE: Plain Tales from the Hills (1888) by Rudyard Kipling ( colle

ISBN-13: 9781540458995 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 188 str.

Rudyard Kipling; J. L. Kipling

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Kim is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling. 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. The story unfolds against the backdrop of The Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. Plain Tales from the Hills (published 1888) is the first collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. Out of its 40 stories, 29 were initially published in the '"Civil and Military Gazette" in Lahore, British India, (now in Pakistan) between November 1887 and June 1888.