Puck of Pook's Hill

by Rudyard Kipling Narrated by LibriVox Community

Overview

Puck of Pook's Hill is a children's book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of history. The stories are all told to two children living near Pevensey by people magically plucked out of history by Puck. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Editorial Reviews

JULY 2017 - AudioFile

Kipling is not known as a fantasist, but this audiobook features Puck, one of Shakespeare's fairies—or "people of the hills," the author’s own preferred term. Other characters include one of the old gods and a number of people magicked out of history for the amusement and education of a pair of English children. Narrator Peter Kenny's varied British accents are wonderful; a few, however, as authentic as they are, may strain some American ears. But the narration shifts easily between the stories and the poems in this collection. Some listeners may take offense at the anti-Semitic undertones in a poem and story near the end, but Kenny makes clear Kipling's ringing endorsement of (eventual) freedom for all Britons. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169160017
Publisher:	LibriVox
Publication date:	08/25/2014
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

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