Rudyard Kipling

Kim Annotated Edition by Rudyard Kipling

Kim by Rudyard Kipling was first published in McClure's Magazine and then Cassell's Magazine before finally being published as a book by Macmillan and Co. Ltd. in October 1901. Kim is set during the period of conflict between Great Britain and Russia in Central Asia, called The Great Game, after the second Afghan War but before the third one. The term "The Great Game" became popular because of the novel.