The enchanting collection, 'The Greatest Christmas Novels, Short Stories & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated),' captures the festive spirit through an exquisite tapestry of literary marvels. Featuring a stunning range of styles from heartwarming tales to poignant poems, this anthology delves into the cultural and emotional essence of Christmas. Journey through a diverse array of narratives, some playful and others profound, perfectly encapsulating the holiday's joy, reflection, and hope. Iconic pieces, including timeless novellas and enchanting short stories, illuminate the multifaceted nature of this cherished season, offering both nostalgia and new perspectives. The remarkable diversity of esteemed authors such as Selma Lagerlââf, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain creates a rich dialogue that transcends cultural and temporal boundaries. Each contributor brings their unique voice and insight, whether rooted in the Romantic movement, Victorian sensibilities, or early modernist perspectives. This convergence of legendary storytellers and poets offers an incomparable exploration of Christmas, reflecting both historical and imaginal views that resonate universally. Their collective genius provides an evergreen celebration of both familiar traditions and beloved winter landscapes. This anthology is an indispensable companion for lovers of literature and the holiday season alike. It invites readers on a journey through storytelling mastery, illuminating the vast spectrum of Christmas-themed art. Within a single, beautifully illustrated volume, enthusiasts have a chance to explore renowned masterpieces and discover hidden gems that challenge, comfort, and delight in equal measure. Its unparalleled collection promises not only to educate and enlighten but also to evoke the eternal magic of Christmas through shared narratives from history'ĂĂŽs greatest literary voices.
The Greatest Christmas Novels, Short Stories & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated) : An Enchanting Collection of Christmas Literature
Authors:
- Selma Lagerlöf
- Charles Dickens
- Mark Twain
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- George MacDonald
- William Wordsworth
- Louisa May Alcott
- Walter Scott
- Anthony Trollope
- Rudyard Kipling
- Beatrix Potter
- Emily Dickinson
- O. Henry
- L. Frank Baum
- J. M. Barrie
- E. T. A. A Hoffmann
- Hans Christian Andersen
- William Butler Yeats
- Henry van Dyke
- Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Leo Tolstoy
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Brothers Grimm
- Clement Moore
Format:
Duration:
- 4786 pages
Language:
English
The Big Book of Christmas : A Treasure Trove of Holiday Magic
Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Zenith Crescent Moon Press, O. Henry, Mark Twain, Beatrix Potter, William Shakespeare, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Emily Dickinson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Selma Lagerlöf, Martin Luther, Walter Scott
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Hr. Arnes penge
Selma Lagerlöf
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Jerusalem
Selma Lagerlöf
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Sadun satu : ynnÀ muita satuja
Selma Lagerlöf
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Herr Arnes penningar
Selma Lagerlöf
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Selma Lagerlöfs jul : 24 julberÀttelser
Selma Lagerlöf
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Hem och stat
Selma Lagerlöf
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La leyenda de una casa solariega
Selma Lagerlöf
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Körkarlen (lÀttlÀst)
Selma Lagerlöf
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En saga om en saga & Tösen frÄn Stormyrtorpet
Selma Lagerlöf
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MĂ„rbackablomster
Selma Lagerlöf
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Jerusalem
Selma Lagerlöf
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and grew up in poverty. This experience influenced âOliver Twistâ, the second of his fourteen major novels, which first appeared in 1837. When he died in 1870, he was buried in Poetsâ 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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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811â1896) was an American abolitionist and author of more than 20 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) was a realistic account of life for African-Americans under slavery; it reached millions and became influential in the United States and United Kingdom.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson was born on 13 November 1850, changing his second name to âLouisâ at the age of eighteen. He has always been loved and admired by countless readers and critics for âthe excitement, the fierce joy, the delight in strangeness, the pleasure in deep and dark adventuresâ found in his classic stories and, without doubt, he created some of the most horribly unforgettable characters in literature and, above all, Mr. Edward Hyde.
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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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Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott was born in 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. She is best known for Little Women (1868), which is loosely based on her own life and proved to be one of the most popular childrenâs books ever written. Three sequels followed: Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871), and Joâs Boys (1886). Alcott was the daughter of the famous transcendentalist Bronson Alcott and was friend of Emerson and Thoreau. In addition to writing, she worked as a teacher, governess, and Civil War nurse, as well as being an advocate of abolition, womenâs rights, and temperance. She died in 1888 and is buried in Sleepy Hollow cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts.
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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 onâeven 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 (1830â1886) 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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L. Frank Baum
Lyman Frank Baum was born in Chittenango, New York, on May 15, 1856. Over the course of his life, Baum raised fancy poultry, sold fireworks, managed an opera house, opened a department store, and an edited a newspaper before finally turning to writing. In 1900, he published his best known book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Eventually he wrote fifty-five novels, including thirteen Oz books, plus four âlostâ novels, eighty-three short stories, more than two hundred poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings. Baum died on May 6, 1919. He is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California.
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J. M. Barrie
J.M. Barrie, the son of a weaver, was born near Dundee, Scotland, in 1860. He was a journalist and novelist and began writing for the stage in 1892. Peter Pan, first produced in London on December 27, 1904, was an immediate success. The story of Peter Pan first appeared in book form (titled Peter and Wendy, and later Peter Pan and Wendy) in 1911. Barrie died in 1937, bequeathing the copyright of Peter Pan to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, a hospital for children.
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Hans Christian Andersen
One of the most prolific and beloved writers of all time, Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen is best known for his fairy tales. Born in Odense, Denmark, in 1805, Andersen published his first story at 17. In all, he wrote more than 150 stories before his death in 1875.
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William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats is generally considered to be Irelandâs greatest poet, living or dead, and one of the most important literary figures of the twentieth century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 â April 24, 1942), was a Canadian author best known for her series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, which was an immediate success. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 500 short stories and poems. She was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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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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