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Puck of Pook's Hill

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  • 4 hours to read
  • 10 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. Two children living in Sussex encounter Puck, an ancient elf who magically summons figures from England's past to share their tales. From Roman centurions defending Hadrian's Wall to Norman knights after the Conquest, these narrators reveal fragments of history leading toward the signing of Magna Carta. Each story is accompanied by a related poem, blending historical adventure with magical fantasy.

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  • Fantasy fiction
  • Space and time
  • Great Britain · History

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Weland's Sword
Puck's Song
A Tree Song

Young Men at the Manor
Sir Richard's Song

The Knights of the Joyous Venture
Harp Song of the Dane Women
Thorkild's Song

Old Men at Pevensey
The Runes on Weland's Sword

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Contents

  1. Rudyard Kipling
  2. Weland's Sword
  3. Young Men at the Manor
  4. The Knights of the Joyous Venture
  5. Old Men at Pevensey
  6. A Centurion of the Thirtieth
  7. On the Great Wall
  8. The Winged Hats
  9. Hal O' the Draft
  10. The Treasure and the Law

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This free edition of Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #557, released 1996-06-01. 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 #15976, eBook #26027.

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