19世纪末20世纪初的英国作家吉卜林凭借着出色的短篇小说写作和长篇作品《基姆》获得了1907年的诺贝尔文学奖,也是第一个获得该荣誉的英国作家。吉卜林的短篇小说集《生命的阻力》《丛林之书》和《各种各样的人》都是其广受关注和好评的作品。《基姆》是作家创作的为数不多的长篇小说之一,但与其他著名短篇一样,也具有其独特的文学审美价值。英国小说家威·亨·赫尔逊曾指出,在吉卜林的长篇小说中,“只有这一部足以和他的短篇小说媲美”[1]。此外,吉卜林的诗歌创作也颇受好评,著名诗人艾略特 Kipling, a British writer from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, won the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature for his excellent short story writing and the long form work Kim, and was the first British writer to win that honor. Kipling’s collection of short stories, The Resistance to Life, The Book of the Jungle and Various People, are all widely acclaimed and acclaimed works. Kimi is one of the few novels written by writers, but also has its unique aesthetic value as well as other famous short stories. British novelist Wey Henry Helson pointed out that in Kibling’s novel, “only this one is enough to be comparable to his short story.” In addition, Kipling’s poetry is also well received, the famous poet Eliot