A SELECTION EDITED & INTRODUCED BY WILLIAM PLOMER Francis Kilvert was an country clergyman who lived from 1840 to 1879 & these are his diaries gossipy sweet-natured generous curious & full of an abiding wonder & delight in the natural world & the beauties of the changing seasons A worthy heir to Pepys & Dorothy Wordsworth Kilvert is an irresistible companion ...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Kim by Rudyard Kipling& He knew the wonderful walled city of Lahore from the Delhi Gate to the outer Fort Ditch; was hand in glove with men who led lives stranger than anything Haroun al Raschid dreamed of; & he lived in a life wild as that of the Arabian Nights & Kipling&s epic rendition of the imperial experience in India is also his greatest long work Two men
- Kim a boy growing into early manhood & the lama an old ascetic priest
- are fired by a quest Kim is white although born in India While he wants to play the Great Game of imperialism he is also spiritually bound to the lama & he tries to reconcile these opposing strands A celebration of their friendship in an often hostile environment Kim captures the opulence of India&s exotic landscape overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj The Penguin English Library
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In a vividly drawn India of the late 19th century orphan Kimball O' Hara is on the cusp of manhood Living as a beggar it isn't until Kim befriends an aged Tibetan Lama that his life transforms the old man is on a quest to find the legendary River of the Arrow & achieve Enlightenment & together they embark on an adventure through this impoverished beautiful chaotic nation in the grip of the Great Game the conflict during which the British & Russian Empires raced to control Central Asia But when Kim becomes a pawn in the Game he must face the most difficult choice of all his companion or his country? This delightful Macmillan Collector's Library edition

Includes:: an afterword by David Stuart Davies Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure

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The Fighting Kims finally get the bounty of their lives & Kim D reconnects with an ex-girlfriend so of course everything immediately goes catastrophically wrong This high-flying rad af tale of exes & woes is the first in a four-part follow-up to 2016’s Eisner-nominated favorite Awesome Collects issues 1-4 ...

With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts Research Professor of English University of Sussex Kim is Rudyard Kipling's finest work Now controversial this novel is a memorably vivid evocation of the life & landscapes of India in the late nineteenth century Kim himself is a resourceful lad who befriends a lama an ageing priest; & both embark on a combined quest Whereas Kim has an insatiable interest in the varied activities around him the lama seeks redemption from the Wheel of Life' Kim becomes involved in the Great Game' undertaking espionage for the British rulers This engrossing & moving novel with its diversity of memorable characters offers many insights into political religious & social tensions ...

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