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Kim

By: Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by: Madhav Sharma
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Set in the days of the British Raj, Kipling's finest novel is the exciting and touching tale of an Irish orphan-boy who has lived free in the streets of Lahore before setting out, with a Tibetan Lama, on a spiritual quest. Kim later enrolls in the Indian Service and simultaneously embarks on an espionage mission of supreme importance. A thrilling climax in the Himalayas occurs when the two quests become entangled. Kim's search for identity is staged within one of the most magnificent and affectionate portrayals of Indian culture in literature.

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Public Domain (P)2009 Naxos Audiobooks Action & Adventure Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction
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A great story, beautifully read - really captures the atmosphere of India at that time (from a contemporary Englishman's view of course). I have listened to it several times and will listen again.

Wonderful

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I have another performance of Kim and I have heard others but this is brilliant. Madhav Sharma can slip from British of the Raj to native accents with an ease that is breath taking. So easy that you do not notice after the first time. I highly recommend this recording.

Best performance ever

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Very well narrated. Great classic story of India. Keeps you wanting more, well thought out characters.

Great classic

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If you could sum up Kim in three words, what would they be?

Mischievous, curious,intelligent

What was one of the most memorable moments of Kim?

In the mountains, when he rejects the woman's advances and also his Western root.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

On the train when Kim disguises the agent on the run and fools the railway police, and his fellow passengers

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The finale where the lama gives up his own enlightenment in order to return and help Kim to find his.

Any additional comments?

The reading added a dimension of gentle understanding which moved and awed me. Truly a one man theatre.

The Indian grail quest.

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Great story, great narration. Must be read/listened by everyone at least once in their lifetime!

Awesome.

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