| Rewards and fairies. By: Rudyard Kipling and Charles E. Brock ( historical fantasy ) (Illustrated) Contributor(s): Brock, Charles E. (Illustrator), Kipling, Rudyard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1542955262 ISBN-13: 9781542955263 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 8" W x 10" (0.65 lbs) 142 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rewards and Fairies is a historical fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling published in 1910. The title comes from the poem "Farewell, Rewards and Fairies" by Richard Corbet. The poem is referred to by the children in the first story of the preceding book Puck of Pook's Hill. Rewards and Fairies is set one year later chronologically although published four years afterwards. The book consists of a series of short stories set in historical times with a linking contemporary narrative. Dan and Una are two children, living in the Weald of Sussex in the area of Kipling's own home Bateman's. They have encountered Puck and he magically conjures up real and fictional individuals from Sussex's past to tell the children some aspect of its history and prehistory, though the episodes are not always historically accurate. Another recurring character is Old Hobden who represents the continuity of the inhabitants of the land. His ancestors sometimes appear in the stories and seem very much like him. |