Curiosity inspired by Oxonmoot

[sally_maria]

After hearing and enjoying Dimitra Fimi's paper on Puck of Pook's Hill and the Book of Lost Tales, I was interested by who already knew the Kipling story and who didn't.

I grew up reading my Kipling from an Omnibus edition that had PoPH, both Jungle Books and the Just So stories, so I thought of all of them as equally well known but it seemed as if that wasn't the case.

Poll #8180

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Have you read Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill?

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Yes, when I was a child
1 (25.0%)

Yes, as an adult
0 (0.0%)

No, but I'd heard of it
1 (25.0%)

No, I've never heard of it
2 (50.0%)

I'm not sure
0 (0.0%)

I don't like any of those answers
0 (0.0%)

Have you read other books by Kipling, e.g. Jungle Books

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Yes, when I was a child
4 (100.0%)

Yes, as an adult
2 (50.0%)

No
0 (0.0%)

I will explain in more detail in a comment
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[kaigou]

I suppose it's somewhat ironic, given that the Jungle Book is Kipling's possibly best-known... yet I've never read it. I've read most of him, but not that one. I think seeing the commercials for the Disney version put me off it completely.

[sally_maria]

I can imagine that, actually. Though I like the Disney film, it doesn't really have much to do with the books except for the names and basic premise.

My favourite stories as a child weren't the Mowgli ones but some of the standalone animal ones. Rikki Tikki Tavi and The White Seal.

[kaigou]

Rikki Tikki Tavi was one of my absolute favorites as a kid -- and the sole reason I read Kim, expecting more of the same. Boy, was I in for a major shock. (Though the result was that I ended up loving Kim almost as much, once I got over my preteen shock.)