Rewards and Fairies

Autor*innen

Rudyard Kipling

Buchbewertung

3,4(5)Abgeben

Parameter

266 Seiten
10 Lesestunden

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Rewards and Fairies is a collection of stories and a sequel to Puck of Pook's Hill and, as Kipling wrote, 'The tales had to be read by children, before people realised they were meant for grown-ups'. Through the agency of Puck, two children - Dan and Una - meet a glittering array of historical characters from flint and iron age tribes to 'Good Queen Bess' and Sir Francis Drake. Other tales include stories of England following the Norman Conquest and the Europe of Napoleon and Talleyrand. Rewards and Fairies includes two of Kipling's best-loved and most quoted 'The Way Through the Woods' and 'If-'