The Doctor's Christmas Eve (Holiday Classics Series) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Moving Saga of a Man's Journey through His LifeBy James Lane Allen
Length7h 11m
About this audiobook
In The Doctor's Christmas Eve, James Lane Allen shapes the holiday tale into a restrained moral drama, following a physician whose Christmas vigil becomes a passage through human need, memory, and spiritual reckoning. Written in Allen's polished, meditative prose, the book belongs to the late-nineteenth-century tradition of sentimental realism: it values feeling, but disciplines it through ethical reflection, social observation, and a quiet reverence for duty. Allen, a Kentucky-born novelist and essayist, was among the most important literary interpreters of the Bluegrass region. His background as a teacher and his deep interest in nature, religion, and moral culture inform the seriousness of this Christmas narrative. Like A Kentucky Cardinal and The Choir Invisible, it reflects his characteristic concern with conscience, sympathy, and the redemptive possibilities hidden within ordinary lives. This Holiday Classics Series edition is recommended for readers who appreciate Christmas literature with substance rather than mere ornament. Allen's story offers warmth without triviality, sentiment without excess, and a humane vision of professional service, compassion, and renewal. It is an especially rewarding choice for admirers of classic American regional writing and reflective seasonal fiction.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★ 2.8 (10)
Includes Goodreads
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length7 hrs 11 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 4, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
4Part I (pt. 2)
2The Doctor’s Christmas Eve (Holiday Classics Series)
5Part II
3Part I (pt. 1)
6Memorable Quotes
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