How you explore Kim on Literah
The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.
- Built for your phone. Literah is designed for mobile, so your worlds travel with you. On a laptop it shows a QR code to carry the world to your phone.
- A feed, not a wall of text. 33 characters, 24 places, 15 objects and 7 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 30 passages of Kim sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as Rudyard Kipling wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on Rudyard Kipling instead.
The plot of Kim
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- Two Quests Leave Lahore
- The Message Becomes War
- The Red Bull Claims Him
- The Gates of Learning Close
- Observation Becomes Tradecraft
- The Hills Collide
- And What Is Kim
The author's pen in Kim
The passages themselves, Rudyard Kipling's own words, as Literah maps it.
- Hidden From Theech. 1
- Kim Becomes His Chelach. 1
- The White Stallion's Pedigreech. 1
- Proof in the Pathch. 2
- Eight Thousand Should Be Enoughch. 2
- Kim Buys The Ticketsch. 2
- She Very Greatly Desires Itch. 3
- The Red Bull Foundch. 4
- The Son of a Sahibch. 4
- Look After The Boych. 5
- The Lama’s Letterch. 6
- Lucknow Under Protectionch. 6
- The Gates of Learningch. 7
- Holding Himself Lowlych. 7
- Learn First Teach Laterch. 9
- The Smashed Jarch. 9
- The Art of Mensurationch. 9
- Following Old Red Hatch. 10
- Son Of The Charmch. 10
- Making A Yellow Saddhuch. 11
The characters of Kim
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Kimball O'Haramajor
- Teshoo Lamamajor
- Mahbub Alimajor
- Colonel Creightonsupporting
- Hurree Chunder Mookerjeesupporting
- Lurgan Sahibsupporting
- Father Victorsupporting
- Curator of the Lahore Museumsupporting
- The Sahiba / Woman of Kulusupporting
- Woman of Shamleghsupporting
- Reverend Arthur Bennettminor
- E.23minor
- Stricklandminor
- Russian Agentminor
- French Agentminor
- Abdullahminor
The locations in Kim
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Lahorecity
- Zam-Zammahlandmark
- Lahore Museum / Wonder Housemuseum
- Motee Bazarbazaar
- Nila Ram's Timber-yardtimber yard
- Kashmir Seraiserai
- Lahore Railway Stationrailway station
- Umballacity
- Laurel Bank, Umballabungalow
- Grand Trunk Roadroad
- Mavericks' Military Campmilitary camp
- Lucknowcity
- St Xavier's in Partibusschool
- Benares / Kashicity
The core concepts in Kim
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Fluid Identity vs. Imposed Identity
- Freedom of Movement vs. Institutional Possession
- Spiritual Liberation vs. the Great Game
- Attentive Seeing vs. Surveillance
- Performed Identity vs. a Stable Self
- Human Attachment vs. Spiritual Detachment
- Knowledge as Understanding vs. Knowledge as Imperial Power
- Informal Care vs. Systems of Control
The objects of note in Kim
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Kim's Amulet-Case and Identity Papers
- Red Bull Regimental Emblem
- The Lama's Begging-Bowl
- The Lama's Rosary
- The Lama's Iron Pencase
- The Curator's Crystal Spectacles
- The Curator's White Notebook and Pencils
- Mahbub Ali's Coded Umballa Message
- Lurgan Sahib's Jewel-Memory Set
- Kim's Disguise Clothing
- Survey Paint-Box
- Survey Tools and Maps
- E.23's Identifying Charm
- Captured Hill Papers
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