The 'Christmas Collection: 400+ Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated)' stands as a monumental anthology that celebrates the timeless tradition of Christmas across a diverse spectrum of literary styles and contexts. Through tales, poetry, and prose, this compendium traverses the human experience associated with this festive season, offering sentimental reflections, moral tales, mystical legends, and joyous carols that resonate with readers of all ages. Within its pages, readers will find distinguished works that highlight the nuances of this holiday spirit'Äîeach piece a testament to its own era yet universally accessible. Uniting esteemed authors like Selma Lagerl√∂f, Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and the Brothers Grimm, this collection bridges different cultural and literary movements. Harnessing their collective prowess, these authors converge to celebrate themes of hope, family, generosity, and redemption, mirroring the historical and cultural backgrounds from which their stories emerge. These voices, spanning continents and centuries, encapsulate the shared human experience through the lens of Christmas, fostering a rich tapestry that enriches the reader's appreciation of the theme's global significance. This anthology presents a unique opportunity for readers to delve into an impressive array of perspectives from celebrated literary figures, all under the umbrella of the Christmas theme. With its range of insights and depth of sentimentality, it is not only an enlightening educational resource but also a festive journey that invites readers to engage in the timeless dialogue about the spirit of Christmas. Whether for scholarly study or seasonal enjoyment, this collection promises a rewarding experience, illuminating how Christmas literature can bridge the past with the present in beautifully illustrated pages.
Christmas Collection: 400+ Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated) : The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy…
Authors:
- Selma Lagerlöf
- Charles Dickens
- Mark Twain
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Martin Luther
- William Shakespeare
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Max Brand
- William Wordsworth
- Carolyn Wells
- Sophie May
- Louisa May Alcott
- Henry Van Dyke
- William John Locke
- Walter Scott
- Anthony Trollope
- Rudyard Kipling
- Beatrix Potter
- Emily Dickinson
- Lucas Malet
- Thomas Nelson Page
- O. Henry
- Alice Hale Burnett
- Walter Crane
- Amy Ella Blanchard
- Amanda M. Douglas
- Ernest Ingersoll
- L. Frank Baum
- J. M. Barrie
- Eleanor H. Porter
- Annie F. Johnston
- Jacob A. Riis
- Edward A. Rand
- Florence L. Barclay
- E. T. A. A Hoffmann
- Hans Christian Andersen
- William Butler Yeats
- Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Leo Tolstoy
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
- George Macdonald
- A. S. Boyd
- Juliana Horatia Ewing
- Brothers Grimm
- Clement Moore
- Susan Anne Livingston
- Ridley Sedgwick
- Nora A. Smith
- Louis Stevenson
Format:
Duration:
- 8361 pages
Language:
English
Categories:
Selma Lagerlöfs jul : 24 julberättelser
Selma Lagerlöf
audiobookbook
Hem och stat
Selma Lagerlöf
book
La leyenda de una casa solariega
Selma Lagerlöf
book
Körkarlen (lättläst)
Selma Lagerlöf
audiobookbook
En saga om en saga & Tösen från Stormyrtorpet
Selma Lagerlöf
audiobookbook
Jerusalem
Selma Lagerlöf
audiobookbook
Körkarlen
Selma Lagerlöf
audiobookbook
Mårbackablomster
Selma Lagerlöf
audiobookbook
Nils Holgerssons underbara resa
Selma Lagerlöf
audiobookbook
Drottningar i Kungahälla
Selma Lagerlöf
audiobookbook
Herr Arnes penningar
Selma Lagerlöf
audiobookbook
Löwensköldska ringen
Selma Lagerlöf
audiobookbook
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and grew up in poverty. This experience influenced ‘Oliver Twist’, the second of his fourteen major novels, which first appeared in 1837. When he died in 1870, he was buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey as an indication of his huge popularity as a novelist, which endures to this day.
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, left school at age 12. His career encompassed such varied occupations as printer, Mississippi riverboat pilot, journalist, travel writer, and publisher, which furnished him with a wide knowledge of humanity and the perfect grasp of local customs and speech manifested in his writing. It wasn't until The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), that he was recognized by the literary establishment as one of the greatest writers America would ever produce. Toward the end of his life, plagued by personal tragedy and financial failure, Twain grew more and more cynical and pessimistic. Though his fame continued to widen--Yale and Oxford awarded him honorary degrees--he spent his last years in gloom and desperation, but he lives on in American letters as "the Lincoln of our literature."
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright the world has seen. He produced an amount of work; 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 poems. He died on 23rd April 1616, aged 52, and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.
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Max Brand
Max Brand is a pseudonym for Frederick Schiller Faust, an author known primarily for his Western stories
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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads.
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Henry Van Dyke
Henry Van Dyke (1928–2011) was born in Allegan, Michigan, and grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, where his parents were professors at Alabama State College. He served in the Army in occupied Germany, playing flute in the 427th Marching Band. There he abandoned his early ambition to become a concert pianist and began to write. In 1958, after attending the University of Michigan on the G.I. Bill and living in Ann Arbor, he moved to New York, where he spent the rest of his life. Henry taught creative writing part-time at Kent State University from 1969 until his retirement in 1993, and was the author of four novels, including Blood of Strawberries, a sequel to Ladies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes.
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Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott was born in Scotland in 1771 and achieved international fame with his work. In 1813 he was offered the position of Poet Laureate, but turned it down. Scott mainly wrote poetry before trying his hand at novels. His first novel, Waverley, was published anonymously, as were many novels that he wrote later, despite the fact that his identity became widely known.
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Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, in 1865. One of the most revered writers in recent history, many of his works are deemed classic literature. To this day, he maintains an avid following and reputation as one of the greatest storytellers of the past two centuries. In 1907, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. He died in 1936, but his stories live on—even eighty years after his passing.
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Beatrix Potter
Helen Beatrix Potter was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist; she was best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life, but today is considered to be one of the most influential poets in American history.
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O. Henry
William Sydney Porter—later to be known as O. Henry—was born in North Carolina in 1862. Known for his surprise endings and ability to capture the hope and pathos of ordinary people, Henry is best remembered for his stories about New York City. The Gift of the Magi was written in 1906, four years before his death.
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Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy grew up in Russia, raised by a elderly aunt and educated by French tutors while studying at Kazen University before giving up on his education and volunteering for military duty. When writing his greatest works, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Tolstoy drew upon his diaries for material. At eighty-two, while away from home, he suffered from declining health and died in Astapovo, Riazan in 1910.
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Clement Moore
Clement Clarke Moore, (1779-1863), was a professor at New York City's General Theological Seminary (built on land donated by his father) who, in an 1836 reprint of A Visit From St. Nicholas (more commonly known today as Twas the Night Before Christmas), was first credited as the author of the poem, and later included it in an anthology of his work.
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