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Round About the Christmas Tree is the perfect Christmas gift for book lovers as all facets of the festive season are represented here in one gorgeous volume. This anthology shows what an inspiration Christmas was for so many famous writers; whether it be a time for celebration, for family, or a chance to remember those in hardship. There are heart warming stories from Charles Dickens and E. Nesbit, comic fun from G. K Chesterton and Saki, touching whimsy from Hans Christian Anderson and even crimes to solve from Arthur Conan Doyle.
Edited by Becky Brown with an introduction by Ned Halley
A sparkling collection of Christmas stories from our best loved authors.
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A sparkling collection of Christmas stories from our best loved authors.
Chapter - 1: Round About the Christmas Tree by W. M. Thackeray
Chapter -
2: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle
Chapter - 3: The
Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Anderson
Chapter - 4: Christmas Eve by
Washington Irving
Chapter - 5: Christmas at Thompson Hall by Anthony Trollope
Chapter - 6: Christmas Inspiration by L. M. Montgomery
Chapter - 7: The
Flying Stars by G. K. Chesterton
Chapter - 8: A Christmas Dinner by Charles
Dickens
Chapter - 9: The Fir-Tree by Hans Christian Andersen
Chapter - 10:
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
Chapter - 11: A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L.
Frank Baum
Chapter - 12: The Ghost of Christmas Eve by J. M. Barrie
Chapter -
13: A Country Christmas by Louisa May Alcott
Chapter - 14: The Conscience
Pudding by E. Nesbit
Chapter - 15: The Thieves Who Couldn't Help Sneezing by
Thomas Hardy
Chapter - 16: Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells
Chapter - 17: A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens
Chapter - 18: Berties
Christmas Eve by Saki
Chapter - 19: Christmas; Or, The Good Fairy by Harriet
Beecher Stowe
Chapter - 20: The Snow-Image by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Chapter -
21: A Christmas Tree and a Wedding by Fyodor Dostoevsky [ trans. Garnett]
Chapter - 22: Christmas at Red Butte by L. M. Montgomery
The best Christmas stories from: William Makepeace Thackeray, Arthur Conan Doyle, Hans Christian Andersen, Washington Irving, Anthony Trollope, L. M. Montgomery, G. K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens, O. Henry, L. Frank Baum, J. M. Barrie, Louisa May Alcott, E. Nesbit, Thomas Hardy, William Dean Howells, Saki, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Fyodor Dostoevsky.
