Puck of Pook's Hill
by Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
- Free to read
- 4 hours to read
- 19 chapters
- Reading level: 5th grade
"Puck of Pook's Hill" by Rudyard Kipling is a fantasy book published in 1906 containing stories set across different periods of English history. When two children living in Sussex encounter the ancient elf Puck, he magically summons figures from England's past—Roman soldiers, Norman knights, Danish seafarers, and others—who share tales of conquest, adventure, and intrigue. Each story, bracketed by poems, reveals fragments of England's history, from Hadrian's Wall to the signing of Magna Carta, blending historical detail with magical elements.
- Space and time
- Great Britain · History
Read the opening
Weland's Sword
Puck's Song
See you the dimpled track that runs,
All hollow through the wheat?
O that was where they hauled the guns
That smote King Philip's fleet!
See you our little mill that clacks,
So busy by the brook?
She has ground her corn and paid her tax
Ever since Domesday Book.
See you our stilly woods of oak,
And the dread ditch beside?
O that was where the Saxons broke,
On the day that Harold died!
See you the windy levels spread
About the gates of Rye?
O that was where the Northmen fled,
When Alfred's ships came by!
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This free edition of Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #15976, released 2005-06-03. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Children & Young Adult Reading, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Mythology, Legends & Folklore, British Literature.
Other editions: eBook #557 (most read), eBook #26027.
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