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"Puck of Pook's Hill" by Rudyard Kipling is a fantasy book published in 1906, containing short stories set across different periods of English history. When two children living in Sussex encounter the ancient elf Puck, he summons figures from England's past—Roman soldiers, Norman knights, Danish seafarers—to share their tales. Each story reveals fragments of history, from Hadrian's Wall to the Norman Conquest, blending authentic historical detail with magical elements. Together, these episodes trace England's formation through centuries of conquest, survival, and transformation. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 |
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| Illustrator | Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939 |
| LoC No. | 06035734 |
| Title | Puck of Pook's Hill |
| Note | Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #15976 (Illustrated in Black and White) #26027 (Illustrated in Color) |
| Contents | Puck's song -- Weland's sword -- A tree song -- Young men at the manor -- Sir Richard's song -- Harp song of the Dane women -- The knights of the joyous venture -- Thorkild's song -- Old men at Pevensey -- The runes on Weland's sword -- A centurion of the Thirtieth -- A Britsh-Roman song -- On the great wall -- A song to Mithras -- The winged hats -- A Pict song -- Hal o' the draft -- A smuggler's song -- The bee boy's song -- 'Dymchurch Flit' -- A three-part song -- Song of the fifth river -- The treasure and the law -- The children's song. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 90.8 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Great Britain -- History -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 26027 |
| Release Date | Jul 11, 2008 |
| Last Update | Jun 20, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2216 downloads in the last 30 days. |
Original page: gutenberg.org/ebooks/26027