The Dover Anthology of Classic Christmas Stories: Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain And Others

by Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, L. Frank Baum

Overview

Experience the warmth and wonder of Christmas through the masterful storytelling of some of our greatest literary minds. Sixteen classic stories capture the enduring appeal of the Christmas tradition, all wrapped in lore with heartwarming narratives of redemption and humorous tales of everyday life. Selections include “A Christmas Tree” by Charles Dickens, “A Country Christmas” by Louisa May Alcott, “A Kidnapped Santa Claus” by L. Frank Baum, “A Letter from Santa Claus” by Mark Twain, “The Burglar’s Christmas” by Willa Cather, “The Christmas Banquet” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Christmas; or, the Good Fairy” by Harriet Beecher Stowe, “The Elves and the Shoemaker” by the Brothers Grimm, “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, and “Where Love Is, There God Is Also” by Leo Tolstoy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486852034
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	09/13/2023
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	1,161,616
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Little Women is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters.

Table of Contents

Louisa May Alcott   
A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True
A Country Christmas
 
L. Frank Baum         
A Kidnapped Santa Claus

Algernon Blackwood
The Kit-Bag
 
Willa Cather
The Burglar’s Christmas
 
Charles Dickens       
A Christmas Tree
The Poor Relation's Story
 
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
The Elves and the Shoemaker
 
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Christmas Banquet
 
O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi

Saki
Bertie’s Christmas Eve 
Reginald on Christmas Presents 
Reginald’s Christmas Revel

Harriet Beecher Stowe        
Christmas; or, the Good Fairy
 
Leo Tolstoy (Translated from Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole)    
Where Love Is, There God Is Also
 
Mark Twain 
A Letter from Santa Claus