A Literary Christmas An Anthology Hardcover Illustrated 1 Sept 2018

by Louisa May Alcott

This incredible Christmas collection includes 12 stories and 9 poems from the most famous author of all time!STORIESLouisa May AlcottA Christmas dreamA Christmas turkey, and how it cameL. M. MontgomeryThe Josephs' ChristmasElizabeth HarrisonLittle Gretchen and Wooden ShoeWilliam Dean HowellsChristmas every dayHarriet Beecher StoweChristmas in PoganucClement Clarke MooreTwas the Night before A Visit from St. NicholasCharles DickensWhat Christmas is as we grow olderThe child's storyThe schoolboy's storyNobody's storyMark TwainA Letter from Santa ClausPOEMSHenry Wadsworth LongfellowChristmas bellsEliza CookChristmas TideSamuel Taylor ColeridgeA Christmas CarolAnne BrontëMusic on Christmas MorningAlfred Lord TennysonRing Out, Wild BellsWilliam Makepeace ThackerayThe Mahogany TreeElizabeth Barrett BrowningThe Holy NightJoyce KilmerWartime ChristmasRudyard KiplingChristmas in IndiaCharles Dickens is mostly known for his great novels (Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Hard Times, The Pickwick Papers, etc), but in the course of his life he has written several Christmas stories (scroll up to see the ones featured in this book). The same goes for Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, but also an incredible Christmas stories writer. And what about Rudyard Kipling? The author of 'The Jungle Book' was an incredible poet we have included 'Christmas in India' in the 'Poems' section of the book.Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

Genres: Christmas

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About the author

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, including Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Alcott's family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used pen names such as A.M. Barnard, under which she wrote lurid short stories and sensation novels for adults that focused on passion and revenge.
Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt. The novel was well-received at the time and is still popular today among both children and adults. It has been adapted for stage plays, films, and television many times.
Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. She also spent her life active in reform movements such as temperance and women's suffrage. She died from a stroke in Boston on March 6, 1888, just two days after her father's death.

Reviews

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book, finding it perfect to read all through the holiday season. I was familiar with many authors on the Contents page but not the works featured. Each was in turns comforting, nostalgic and inspiring. I plan to give this book as gifts next year and review my copy annually.