![]() ![]() Mahbub is the first glimpse we get of the influence that is to contrast the lama’s Buddhist teachings-he is a horse-dealer, but he is also an agent in the Indian Secret Service. But he is not only a lama’s chela. There is another mission that Kim seeks to fulfil, given to him by his old friend and sort-of-mentor, Mahbub Khan the horse-dealer. As the lama’s chela, Kim begins his first journey in search of the river, travelling by train and then on foot along the Grand Trunk Road. The Irish orphan tags along with the lama, who speaks of Buddhist philosophy and a quest for a mythical ‘River of the Arrow’ with an innocence that is at once affecting and profound. ![]() His fiction works include The Jungle Book a classic of children’s literature and the rousing adventure novel Kim, as well as books of poems, short stories, and essays. Buy Kim Rudyard Kipling in Antiquarian and Collectable Books and get the best deals at the lowest prices on eBay Great Savings & Free Delivery / Collection. The appearance among the milling crowds of a stranger-one that readers immediately recognize from the description as a Buddhist lama, but who is a mystery to the children-breaks up their game, and when Kim appoints himself a helper to this foreigner, turns the course of Kim’s life. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ![]() ![]() The novel opens with Kim playing on the streets of Lahore, outside the Museum, with two of his friends, one the son of a wealthy Hindu merchant and the other the son of a Muslim sweet-seller, while the law, in the person of a Sikh Policeman, turns an indulgent eye upon the shenanigans of the boys. ![]()
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