Rudyard Kipling 3 hr 53 min read

Acting out Shakespeare in a fairy ring, two children accidentally summon Puck himself, who conjures figures from England's deep past to tell them the true history of their own hills.

Rudyard Kipling's 1906 classic, in this edition beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham, weaves history and folklore into a magical fantasy. Enchanting, wise, evocative. Read it for a beloved masterpiece where Puck raises Roman centurions, Norman knights, and Saxon smiths to bring the old land vividly to life.

In its time

Published in 1906, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

3 hr 53 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Arthur Rackham