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_a823.8 KIP
100 _aKipling,Rudyard
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245 0 _aRewards and Fairies
_c/ Rudyard Kipling
260 _aLondon
_b: Macmillan
_c,1952
300 _a338p.
520 _aRewards 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-'
650 _aEnglish fiction
650 _aHistorical Fiction
942 _cRBK
999 _c69006
_d69006