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Happy Christmas Fred You have set some intriguing hares running. May I suggest that you take a look at Harish Trivedi’s edition of Kim. He takes issue with Said in various interesting ways. All best, John R Sent from my iPhone On 25 Dec 2018, at 13:23, Fred Lerner <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: I have received useful and interesting suggestions from several list members. There appears to be a considerable secondary literature on the life and career of Kimball O’Hara. Though it is far from reaching Sherlockian proportions, I suspect that it might provoke susceptible readers (such as myself!) to further explorations employing the same methodology that devotees have applied to the Sherlock Holmes stories. I mean to celebrate Kipling’s birthday on December 30 by beginning a close rereading of ‘Kim’, with the NRG and Professor Said’s notes from the Penguin Classics edition close to hand. Even if this will provide me with nothing to support my hypothesis it will surely be rewarding for its own sake. A happy holiday to all! Fred Lerner On Dec 25, 2018, at 05:10, john <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Dear Fred Lerner, I don't know if it can be helpful at all, but since you say you are 'an amateur Sherlockian', and unless you know about these novels already, you might be interested to know that Kim appears in Laurie R. King's The Game (2004). Her heroine, Mary Russell, travels to India with her husband (Sherlock Holmes) in 1924. After quite a few adventures, they eventually meet with Kim, to whom Mary Russell, as the narrator, refers as 'O'Hara'. We also learn that he has a son, but I can't find any information as to Kim's age - or his son's. In addition, both Strickland and Hurree Mookerjee appear in Jamyang Norbu's The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (1999), while Colonel Creighton is mentioned in the narrative. Again, I'm afraid I can't remember any clu as to Kim's date of birth. Best regards John Seriot, Norway ________________________________ From: To exchange information and views on the life and work of Rudyard Kipling <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Fred Lerner <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Sent: 23 December 2018 18:08 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: When was Kimball O'Hara born? In his introduction to the NRG section on “Kim”, Sharad Keskar writes “It is significant that Kim, like Kipling, was born in 1865”. Where in the story is this specified? Is this date generally accepted, or is there disagreement among the learned? Is there in existence a published internal chronology of the story? (As an amateur Sherlockian I am trying to establish that Sherlock Holmes, during his wanderjahre after the incident at the Reichenbach Falls, played a role in Kimball O’Hara’s education under the disguise of Lurgan Sahib.) Fred Lerner, D.L.S. 81 Worcester Avenue White River Junction, Vermont 05001 (802) 295 6548 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.fredlerner.org<http://www.fredlerner.org> ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the RUDYARD-KIPLING list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=RUDYARD-KIPLING&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the RUDYARD-KIPLING list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=RUDYARD-KIPLING&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the RUDYARD-KIPLING list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=RUDYARD-KIPLING&A=1