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Puck of Pook's Hill

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  • 27 chapters
  • Reading level: 5th grade

"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.

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Books by Rudyard Kipling

Illustrated by
Arthur Rackham, A.R.W.S.

Copyright, 1905, 1906, by
RUDYARD KIPLING
Published, October, 1906

All rights reserved,
including that of translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian

I. A Centurion of the Thirtieth.
II. On the Great Wall.
III. The Winged Hats.
IV. Hal o’ the Draft.
V. Dymchurch Flit.
VI. The Treasure and the Law.

‘“Go!” she says, “Go with my Leave an’ Goodwill.”’ Frontispiece FACING PAGE In the very spot where Dan had stood as Puck they saw a 6 small, brown, broad-shouldered, pointy-eared person with a snub nose, slanting blue eyes, and a grin that ran right across his freckled face. ‘There’s where you meet hunters, and trappers for the 152 Circuses, prodding along chained bears and muzzled wolves.’ ‘Hoity-toity!’ he cried. ‘Here’s Pride in purple 212 feathers! Here’s wrathy contempt and the Pomps of the Flesh!’... And he doffed his cap to the bubbling bird.

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Contents

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  2. Puck’s Song
  3. Weland’s Sword
  4. A Tree Song
  5. Young Men at the Manor
  6. Sir Richard’s Song
  7. Harp Song of the Dane Women
  8. The Knights of the Joyous Venture
  9. Thorkild’s Song
  10. Old Men at Pevensey
  11. The Runes on Weland’s Sword
  12. A Centurion of the Thirtieth
  13. A Centurion of the Thirtieth
  14. A British-Roman Song
  15. On the Great Wall
  16. A Song to Mithras
  17. The Winged Hats
  18. A Pict Song
  19. Hal O’ the Draft
  20. Hal O’ the Draft
  21. Smugglers’ Song
  22. The Bee Boy’s Song
  23. A Three-Part Song
  24. Song of the Fifth River
  25. The Treasure and the Law
  26. The Children’s Song
  27. Transcriber’s Note

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This free edition of Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #26027, released 2008-07-11. 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 #15976.

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