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Kim As A Presentation Of The Issue

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CHAPTER-3: KIM AS A PRESENTATION OF THE ISSUE

Kim is as unique in Kipling’s life and career as it is in English literature. It was first serialised in America, in McClure’s Magazine, December, 1900 to October 1901; in England, in Cassell’s Magazine, January to November 1901. Kipling’s works aimed at a broad base for an audience, both McClure’s and Cassell’s were known as late-century publications which incorporated techniques of the “new journalism” like muckraking, as well as sensationalism and pulp in the stories to attract larger audiences. Both the magazines published the work digestibly as one chapter at a time.
Kim’s first book edition by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, 1 October 1901, the first English edition, by Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 17 October 1901. In 1998, Kim was ranked on No.78 on his list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the Modern Library.
Kim is considered as Kipling’s masterpiece. The scenery behind the story of Kim is The Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. It is set probably in the period 1893-98, after the Second Afghan war, which ended in 1881 but before the Third. The novel is interesting for its description of representation of the people, culture, languages and different religions of India. “The book presents a vivid picture of India, its teeming population, religions and superstitions, and the life of the bazaars and the roads”.

Rudyard Kipling’s book Kim was written in

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