An orphaned boy in British India travels the Grand Trunk Road as disciple to a Tibetan lama while being drawn into the espionage of the Great Game.
Books mentioned in Kim (3)
King Lear by William Shakespeare: “strict attention to plays called 'Lear' and 'Julius Caesar,' both much in demand by examiners. 'Lear' was not so full of historical allusions as 'Julius Caesar'”
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare: “Also a man might go far, as he himself had done, by strict attention to plays called Lear and Julius Caesar, both much in demand by examiners.”
The Excursion by William Wordsworth: “There were marks to be gained by due attention to Latin and Wordsworth's Excursion (all this was Greek to Kim).”
Books that mention Kim (3)
Matilda by Roald Dahl: “Library reading list: "Kim by Rudyard Kipling"”