35+ Anthology of Christmas stories. Classic collection. Illustrated

Enchanting, tragic, and hilarious fairy tales for adults and children grace these pages. An initial glance might lead you to assume that these are satirical versions of classic Christmas ghost stories. However, beneath the humorous stories involving ghosts, repentant sinners, miracles, and good peasants who find well-deserved happiness, lies a psychological undercurrent that sharpens the sense of intrigue and plot movement. Often this is aided by the unrelenting social exposure of the authors who always understood how intangible the “bourgeois paradise” truly was. Even today, idyllic dreams of tolerance, equality, and the triumph of justice have failed to materialize. Perhaps that is why people continue to read these classic stories while the snow falls outside and the lights glow on the Christmas tree.

Contents:

Charles Dickens

 A Christmas Carol

 The Chimes

G.K. Chesterton

 A Christmas Carol

L.M. Montgomery

 The Red Room

 A Christmas Mistake

 A Christmas Inspiration

 The Josephs' Christmas

 Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket

 The Osbornes' Christmas

 Bertie's New Year

 Ida's New Year Cake

 The Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road

 Clorinda's Gifts

 The Falsoms' Christmas Dinner

 The Unforgotten One

 Christmas at Red Butte

 Uncle Richard's New Year's Dinner

L. Frank Baum

 A Kidnapped Santa Claus

 Little Bun Rabbit

Mark Twain

 A Letter from Santa Claus

Louisa May Alcott

 A Merry Christmas

Leo Tolstoy

 A Russian Christmas Party

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 Christmas Bells

 The Three Kings

Nikolay Gogol

 Christmas Eve

William Dean Howells

 Christmas Everyday

 The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express

Joseph Rudyard Kipling

 Christmas in India

Elizabeth Harrison

 Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe

John Milton

 On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Hans Christian Andersen

 The Fir Tree

Selma Lagerlof

 The Holy Night

Hans Christian Andersen

 The Little Match Girl

Clement Moore

 The Night Before Christmas

Henry van Dyke

 The Other Wise Man

Beatrix Potter

 The Tailor of Gloucester

Anton Chehov

 Vanka