Christmas Morning & Other Christmas Stories by Eugene Field (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Christmas Specials SeriesBy Eugene Field
Length2h 54m
About this audiobook
Christmas Morning & Other Christmas Stories gathers Eugene Field's tender seasonal sketches into a compact celebration of childhood wonder, domestic affection, and moral imagination. Written in a late-nineteenth-century American mode that blends sentiment, gentle humor, and devotional feeling, these stories present Christmas less as spectacle than as a revelation of charity, memory, and innocence. Field's prose is lyrical yet accessible, often approaching the cadence of fireside storytelling, and belongs to the broader Victorian Christmas tradition shaped by Dickens while retaining a distinctly American intimacy. Eugene Field, born in 1850, became widely known as the "poet of childhood" for his ability to render children's emotions with sympathy rather than condescension. His career in journalism sharpened his eye for everyday detail, while personal loss and family life deepened his fascination with tenderness, nostalgia, and the fragile consolations of home. These qualities naturally informed his Christmas writings, where sentiment becomes a serious ethical language. This volume is warmly recommended to readers interested in classic Christmas literature, nineteenth-century American sentimentalism, or the literary construction of childhood. It is especially rewarding for those who value quiet moral beauty over extravagance, and who seek stories that restore Christmas to kindness, imagination, and humane fellow-feeling.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreChildren's Literature
Length2 hrs 54 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 9, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A Captured Santa Claus & Other Christmas Stories by Thomas Nelson Page (Annotated)
13III
2Introduction
14Chrystmasse of Olde
3Historical Context
15The Mouse and the Moonbeam
4Synopsis (Selection)
16Christmas Morning
5Christmas Hymn
17Mistress Merciless
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6The Symbol and the Saint
18Bethlehem-Town
7Christmas Eve
19The First Christmas Tree
8Joel's Talk With Santa Claus
20Star of the East
9The Three Kings of Cologne
21Jest 'Fore Christmas
10The Coming of the Prince
22Analysis
11I
23Reflection
12II
24Memorable Quotes
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