Other editions of book Puck of Pook's Hill. Ilustraciones Arthur Rackham

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Rudyard Kipling is one of the best known writers of the 20th century, and an author whose works are ready by kids around the globe. In his day, he was known for his tales and poems, many of which were set in India during the era of the British Empire, but now he is best known for works like The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, and Kim. Kipling wrote a lot of short stories, but Puck of Pook's Hill is his most unique collection. Unlike the adventurous stories kids liked, or the stories about life in India, this collection follows a Shakespearean character and is comprised of stories that range from historical fiction to fantasy.

Puck of Pook's Hill is a fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. It can count both as historical fantasy - since some of the stories told of the past have clear magical elements, and as contemporary fantasy - since it depicts a magical being active and practicing his magic in the England of the early 1900's when the book was written.

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[This is the Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.] **Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award** Originally published in 1906, these ten stories and accompanying poems were intended for both adults and children. On Midsummer's Eve, Dan and Una enact A Midsummer Night's Dream three times over--right under Pook's Hill. That is how they meet Puck, ''the oldest Old Thing in England,'' and the last of the People of the Hills. Through Puck, they are introduced to the nearly forgotten pages of old England's history and to characters that can illuminate their own historical predicaments. The god Weland is freed from an unwanted heathen immortality by a novice monk, Hugh, who goes on to become a warrior and leader. The centurion, Parnesius, shows an insight that is absent from the higher echelons of the declining Roman Empire in cooperating with the Picts.