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Loading... Puck of Pook's Hill (1906)by Rudyard Kipling
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The individual stories are a bit uneven, and the history is, shall we say, a bit biased, but the poetry is pure Kipling - this is one that amply deserves it's status as a classic. Surprisingly easy to read, too. If you want to understand Kipling, this is as good a place as any to start. ( ) Full of fancies an quirks, this exploration of 1500 years of Sussex history guided by Puck, the oldest spirit in England, is probably at the foundation of my fascination for history. Clearly written for children it is not childish in it's presentation of past milieu, though certainly of its time. The Guttenberg text did not include illustrations, but Wikipedia came to the rescue. A huge disappointment after a promising start. The beginning reminded me of E. Nesbit, with a couple of very English kids accidentally conjuring up an otherworldly being (in this case, Puck). Unlike Nesbit's books, in which this generally leads to the children being transported to other worlds or times, or magic in some way affecting them, in this case all it leads to is characters out of the past telling them long and boring stories. The kids just sit there and listen. I think the only reason they keep going back is that Puck magicks them into forgetting what happened the last time. no reviews | add a review
In the perfect bedtime reading, a mischievous imp called Puck delights two precocious youngsters with 10 magical fables about the hidden histories of Old England. Written especially for Kipling's own children, each enchanting myth is followed by a selection of the master storyteller's spirited poetry. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.8Literature English English fiction Victorian period 1837-1900LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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