Project Gutenberg 2008-07-11 Public domain in the USA. 236 Kipling, Rudyard 1865 1936 Kipling, R. (Rudyard) Kipling, Joseph Rudyard Rackham, Arthur 1867 1939 06035734 Puck of Pook's Hill Reading ease score: 90.8 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #15976 (Illustrated in Black and White) #26027 (Illustrated in Color) Puck's song -- Weland's sword -- A tree song -- Young men at the manor -- Sir Richard's song -- Harp song of the Dane women -- The knights of the joyous venture -- Thorkild's song -- Old men at Pevensey -- The runes on Weland's sword -- A centurion of the Thirtieth -- A Britsh-Roman song -- On the great wall -- A song to Mithras -- The winged hats -- A Pict song -- Hal o' the draft -- A smuggler's song -- The bee boy's song -- 'Dymchurch Flit' -- A three-part song -- Song of the fifth river -- The treasure and the law -- The children's song. "Puck of Pook's Hill" by Rudyard Kipling is a children's book written in the early 20th century. This work blends fantasy and historical fiction as it introduces readers to Puck, a mischievous fairy from English folklore, who engages with two children, Dan and Una, in a magical world intertwined with England's past. The stories within this book explore themes of friendship, cultural heritage, and the significance of nature. At the start of the narrative, Dan and Una are playing in a meadow, staging a play based on Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Their performance catches the attention of Puck, who appears unexpectedly and reveals that they are on sacred ground known as Pook's Hill, steeped in history. He introduces the children to the mythic "People of the Hills," setting the stage for a series of adventures where they will encounter legendary figures from England's ancient history, such as the smith Weland. The opening establishes a tone of wonder and excitement while hinting at the deeper connections between the past and the present that the stories will explore. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Space and time -- Fiction Great Britain -- History -- Fiction PR PZ Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 636886 636902 2024-10-11T08:20:54.169077 2023-09-11T10:59:03.910257 text/html text/html 677004 2020-03-04T13:17:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 561143 2020-03-04T13:20:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 573855 2024-10-11T08:21:04.054036 application/epub+zip 582006 2024-10-11T08:20:55.578072 application/epub+zip 2332831 2008-07-11T06:25:31 application/pdf 1360276 2008-07-11T06:25:32 application/pdf application/zip 241381 2024-10-11T08:20:54.897065 application/epub+zip 730885 2024-10-11T08:21:10.375002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 672435 2024-10-11T08:21:03.433026 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 91304 2022-09-12T07:33:30.934656 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348554 2024-10-11T08:20:52.562086 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 361569 2020-06-20T20:27:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 137906 2020-06-20T20:27:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 350239 2008-07-11T06:25:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 136310 2008-07-11T06:25:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 350262 2008-07-11T06:25:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 136281 2008-07-11T06:25:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 28309 2024-10-11T08:21:10.536974 application/rdf+xml 460683 2008-07-11T06:25:32 application/prs.tei 1345621 2008-07-11T06:25:33 application/prs.tei application/zip 15829 2024-10-11T08:20:55.040259 image/jpeg 2482 2024-10-11T08:20:54.969055 image/jpeg 560836 2024-10-11T08:20:54.219100 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia