Rudyard Kipling

Kim By Rudyard KiplingAnnotated & Illustrated Edition

Kimbrall O'Hara is a recent orphan, following the deaths of his father, an Irish soldier, and his Irish mother, who died as a result of their desperate poverty. Kim's family lives in India, so when he is orphaned, he becomes a beggar in Lahore. He takes odd jobs for Mahbub Ali, a horse trader, a local spy for the British. As an boy raised in India, he is culturally very Indian, so he lives in community with the local people and the British alike.