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Rewards and Fairies
Rewards and Fairies
Rewards and Fairies
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Rewards and Fairies

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling, born 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 was an eng short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. “Rewards and Fairies” is a historical fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling published in 1910. 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. Some stories contain elements of the supernatural as well as history. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Release dateDec 27, 2015
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Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author and poet who began writing in India and shortly found his work celebrated in England. An extravagantly popular, but critically polarizing, figure even in his own lifetime, the author wrote several books for adults and children that have become classics, Kim, The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, Captains Courageous and others. Although taken to task by some critics for his frequently imperialistic stance, the author’s best work rises above his era’s politics. Kipling refused offers of both knighthood and the position of Poet Laureate, but was the first English author to receive the Nobel prize.

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    The stories in here are a lot darker than in Puck of Pook's Hill. Plague and death are the straightforward bits - there's also lifelong illness, losing your place in society, politics and what they force one to ask - the lightest stories are Brother Squaretoes and The Conversion of Brother Wilfrid, which merely deal with keeping faith with oneself. My favorite, though, is The Wrong Thing - one more Hal O' the Draft story, with a truth to it I've run into myself - your best work and what you get rewarded for may have nothing in common. Deep, but not dark - though it did feature a years-long grudge and a threat of imminent death. I wouldn't think a year's change in the children's age would have made them ready to hear this, and in fact there are a lot of mentions of them looking blank or seizing on some minor point and clearly missing things. Good stories, though, overall.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    This and Puck of Pook's Hill are two of my all-time favorite books, and probably contribiuted to my being a scholar of English history. As an adult, I can see occasional biases and inaccuracies, but the stories are still wonderfully vivid depictions of historical figures as real people.

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