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24 Christmas Tales: Advent Calendar Storybook
Every day in December, discover with this Advent Calendar Storybook a wonderful Christmas tale!
Written by the greatest storytellers (Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen, The Brothers Grimm, Louisa May Alcott, O. Henry...), these 24 traditional stories will keep you waiting until D-day. This collection ends with one of Charles Dickens' most beautiful Christmas tales, the story of Scrooge and the three spirits.
1st December The Gift of the Magi by O.Henry
2nd December A Christmas Dream, and How It Came to Be True by Louisa May Alcott
3rd December The Fir-Tree by Hans Christian Andersen
4th December Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells
5th December Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy
6th December A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
7th December Merry Christmas by Stephen Leacock
8th December A Stolen Christmas by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
9th December A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens
10th December How the Captain Made Christmas by Thomas Nelson Page
11th December At Christmas Time by Anton Chekhov
12th December A Christmas Sermon by Robert Louis Stevenson
13th December What Christmas is As We Grow Older by Charles Dickens
14th December What the Bell Saw and Said by Louisa May Alcott
15th December How Christmas Came to the Santa Maria Flats by Elia W. Peattie
16th December Christmas; or, The Good Fairy by Harriet Beecher Stowe
17th December Christmas at Red Butte by Lucy Maud Montgomery
18th December Christmas by Washington Irving
19th December The Last Dream of Old Oak by Hans Christian Andersen
20th December Christmas Jenny by Mary E. Wilkins Free
21st December The Elves and The Shoemaker by The Brothers Grimm
22nd December The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
23rd December The Night Before A Morality by William Dean Howells
24th December A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Written by the greatest storytellers (Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen, The Brothers Grimm, Louisa May Alcott, O. Henry...), these 24 traditional stories will keep you waiting until D-day. This collection ends with one of Charles Dickens' most beautiful Christmas tales, the story of Scrooge and the three spirits.
1st December The Gift of the Magi by O.Henry
2nd December A Christmas Dream, and How It Came to Be True by Louisa May Alcott
3rd December The Fir-Tree by Hans Christian Andersen
4th December Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells
5th December Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy
6th December A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
7th December Merry Christmas by Stephen Leacock
8th December A Stolen Christmas by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
9th December A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens
10th December How the Captain Made Christmas by Thomas Nelson Page
11th December At Christmas Time by Anton Chekhov
12th December A Christmas Sermon by Robert Louis Stevenson
13th December What Christmas is As We Grow Older by Charles Dickens
14th December What the Bell Saw and Said by Louisa May Alcott
15th December How Christmas Came to the Santa Maria Flats by Elia W. Peattie
16th December Christmas; or, The Good Fairy by Harriet Beecher Stowe
17th December Christmas at Red Butte by Lucy Maud Montgomery
18th December Christmas by Washington Irving
19th December The Last Dream of Old Oak by Hans Christian Andersen
20th December Christmas Jenny by Mary E. Wilkins Free
21st December The Elves and The Shoemaker by The Brothers Grimm
22nd December The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
23rd December The Night Before A Morality by William Dean Howells
24th December A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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350 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 27, 2022
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Charles Dickens
12.7k books31.4k followersCharles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.
Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.
Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted, and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris, is his best-known work of historical fiction. Dickens's creative genius has been praised by fellow writers—from Leo Tolstoy to George Orwell and G. K. Chesterton—for its realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations, and social criticism. On the other hand, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf complained of a lack of psychological depth, loose writing, and a vein of saccharine sentimentalism. The term Dickensian is used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dickens and his writings, such as poor social conditions or comically repulsive characters.
On 8 June 1870, Dickens suffered another stroke at his home after a full day's work on Edwin Drood. He never regained consciousness, and the next day he died at Gad's Hill Place. Contrary to his wish to be buried at Rochester Cathedral "in an inexpensive, unostentatious, and strictly private manner," he was laid to rest in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. A printed epitaph circulated at the time of the funeral reads: "To the Memory of Charles Dickens (England's most popular author) who died at his residence, Higham, near Rochester, Kent, 9 June 1870, aged 58 years. He was a sympathiser with the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world." His last words were: "On the ground", in response to his sister-in-law Georgina's request that he lie down.
(from Wikipedia)
Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.
Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted, and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris, is his best-known work of historical fiction. Dickens's creative genius has been praised by fellow writers—from Leo Tolstoy to George Orwell and G. K. Chesterton—for its realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations, and social criticism. On the other hand, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf complained of a lack of psychological depth, loose writing, and a vein of saccharine sentimentalism. The term Dickensian is used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dickens and his writings, such as poor social conditions or comically repulsive characters.
On 8 June 1870, Dickens suffered another stroke at his home after a full day's work on Edwin Drood. He never regained consciousness, and the next day he died at Gad's Hill Place. Contrary to his wish to be buried at Rochester Cathedral "in an inexpensive, unostentatious, and strictly private manner," he was laid to rest in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. A printed epitaph circulated at the time of the funeral reads: "To the Memory of Charles Dickens (England's most popular author) who died at his residence, Higham, near Rochester, Kent, 9 June 1870, aged 58 years. He was a sympathiser with the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world." His last words were: "On the ground", in response to his sister-in-law Georgina's request that he lie down.
(from Wikipedia)
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December 23, 2024
Una recopilación de cuentos clásicos breves, escritos por autores españoles y latinoamericanos, a excepción de un cuento de Hans Christian Andersen, La vendedora de cerillas uno de mis preferidos y atrozmente cercenado (apenas ocupa 3 páginas) y el Cuento de Navidad de Charles Dickens,, completo en esta ocasión.
Aparte del de Dickens, los mejores cuentos son los de Emilia Pardo Bazán; Hay uno de Rubén Darío que también se salva, y poco más. Entiendo que no es fácil encontrar 24 cuentos sobre la Navidad que sean breves y de calidad (y, muy seguramente, libres de derechos), pero algunos son realmente decepcionantes.
No obstante, la idea de ir leyendo un libro por día está bien (yo me aburrí un poco y adelanté jejeje)
Aparte del de Dickens, los mejores cuentos son los de Emilia Pardo Bazán; Hay uno de Rubén Darío que también se salva, y poco más. Entiendo que no es fácil encontrar 24 cuentos sobre la Navidad que sean breves y de calidad (y, muy seguramente, libres de derechos), pero algunos son realmente decepcionantes.
No obstante, la idea de ir leyendo un libro por día está bien (yo me aburrí un poco y adelanté jejeje)
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