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1. Introduction
There is no other institution in Rudyard Kipling‟s Kim, which has a comparable importance for the description of India than the railway. It serves not only as a location for the plot, but as a symbol for the power and the progress of the British Empire in India. On the following pages these roles of the “te-rain” will become investigated: After a view on the history of the railway in colonial India, its importance for the story and as a metaphor of the colonial Empire will be discussed. The conclusion will deal with the question how Kipling‟s introduction of the train in his novel fits together with his inter-pretation of Empire.
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- M. A. Aaron Faßbender (Author), 2005, The Image Of The “Te-rain” in Rudyard Kipling's "Kim", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/182499
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