Big Book of Christmas Novels, Tales, Legends & Carols (Illustrated Edition): A Festive Anthology of Christmas Narratives from Literary Giants
Hans Christian Andersen, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, Anton Chekhov, L. Frank Baum, Selma Lagerlöf, Rudyard Kipling, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Washington Irving, Sarah Orne Jewett, Mark Twain, Edgar Wallace, Max Brand, Anthony Trollope, Leo Tolstoy, O. Henry, Frances Hodgson Burnett, J. M. Barrie, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson, Guy De Maupassant, Alphonse Daudet, William Makepeace Thackeray, Louisa May Alcott, Willa Cather, Booth Tarkington, Susan Coolidge, Booker T. Washington, George Macdonald, Beatrix Potter, Andrew Lang, Margaret Sidney, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walter Scott, Eleanor H. Porter, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, William Butler Yeats, Robert E. Howard, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Nora A. Smith, Bret Harte, Henry Van Dyke, Martin Luther, Brothers Grimm, Vernon Lee, Saki, Enoch Arnold Bennett, Jacob A. Riis, William Morris, James Russell Lowell, Walter Crane, Benito Pérez Galdós, John Leighton, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Thomas Nelson Page, Carolyn Wells, Charles Mackay, Dinah Maria Mulock, Clement Moore, Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick, Henry Vaughan, John Addington Symonds, François Coppée, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Ellis Parker Butler, William John Locke, Amy Ella Blanchard, Nell Speed, Armando Palacio Valdés, Mary Austin, Marcel Prévost, Alfred Lord Tennyson, William Douglas O'Connor, Ruth McEnery Stuart, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, Alice Duer Miller, Evaleen Stein, Florence L. Barclay, Meredith Nicholson, Harrison S. Morris, Phebe A. Curtiss, Cyrus Townsend Brady, Susan Anne Livingston, Ridley Sedgwick, Sophie May, Lucas Malet, Alice Hale Burnett, Ernest Ingersoll, Annie F. Johnston, Amanda M. Douglas, Samuel McChord Crothers, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Robert Southwell, William Drummond, George Wither, Isaac Watts, Ralph Henry Barbour, André Theuriet, James Whitcomb Riley, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Olive Thorne Miller, S. Weir Mitchell, Cecil Frances Alexander, Elia W. Peattie, Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Christopher North, A. S. Boyd, Edward A. Rand, Margaret Deland, Katherine Pyle, Tudor Jenks, Maxime Du Camp, Elbridge S. Brooks, Mary Stewart Cutting, Isabel Cecilia Williams, Willis Boyd Allen, Maud Lindsay, Frances Ridley Havergal, Matilda Betham Edwards, W. H. H. Murray, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, Marjorie L. C. Pickthall, Kate Upson Clark, James Selwin Tait, Edward Thring, Eliza Cook, Phillips Brooks, Oliver Bell Bunce, Nellie C. King, Lucy Wheelock, Aunt Hede, Frederick E. Dewhurst, Jay T. Stocking, Anna Robinson, Florence M. Kingsley, M. A. L. Lane, Elizabeth Harkison, Raymond Mcalden, F. E. Mann, Winifred M. Kirkland, Grace Margaret Gallaher, F. Arnstein, James Weber Linn, Antonio Maré, Pedro A. De Alarcón, Jules Simon, F. L. Stealey, Marion Clifford, E. E. Hale, Georg Schuster, Angelo J. Lewis, William Francis Dawson, Alfred Domett, Reginald Heber, James S. Park, Edmund Hamilton Sears, Edmund Bolton, C.s. Stone, Harriet F. Blodgett, John G. Whittier, Richard Watson Gilder, Christian Burke, Emily Huntington Miller, Cyril Winterbotham, Frank Samuel Child, Georgianna M. Bishop, Sarah P. Doughty, John Punnett Peters, Laura Elizabeth Richards
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The 'Big Book of Christmas Novels, Tales, Legends & Carols (Illustrated Edition)' is a sprawling anthology that captures the multifaceted spirit of Christmas through its rich tapestry of stories, poems, and legends. It encompasses an array of literary styles that range from the sentimentality of carols to the dramatic flair of holiday legends. This collection stands as a testament to the influence of Christmas on global literary traditions, intertwining the profound and the whimsical across cultures. Among its treasures are tales that evoke the warmth of Dickensian Christmases, the magical environments akin to Hans Christian Andersen'Äôs fairy tales, and thrilling narratives that rival the wit of O. Henry's classic Christmas stories. The anthology features contributions from a diverse array of literary luminaries such as Dickens, Alcott, and Poe, alongside timeless legends from figures like the Brothers Grimm and Beatrix Potter. United in this volume, these authors represent a spectrum of eras and styles, each lending their unique voice to the universal theme of Christmas. The editors have adeptly curated selections that highlight historical and cultural nuances, drawing connections between Victorian realism, Romantic idealism, and transcendent literary modernism, thereby deepening our appreciation for the holiday's literary heritage. Reading this anthology is akin to embarking on a journey through the world'Äôs most cherished holiday traditions, providing readers an exceptional opportunity to explore variegated narratives enriching the Christmas spirit. Its vast range of insights, from the nostalgic to the philosophical, makes it an invaluable resource for understanding how Christmas has been celebrated and reimagined through storytelling. Whether for its educational merit or sheer enjoyment, this collection invites exploration and reflection on the unifying power of Christmas across time and cultures.
