
The Greatest Christmas Novels Collection (Illustrated Edition)
Illustrated Victorian and Edwardian Tales of Wonder, Charity, Family, and Holiday HopeBy Johanna Spyri, Charles Dickens, George MacDonald, Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Anna Sewell, Hesba Stretton, Kenneth Grahame, Martha Finley, Abbie Farwell Brown, Frances Browne, L. Frank Baum, J. M. Barrie, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Mary Louisa MolesworthLength105h 31m
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The Greatest Christmas Novels Collection (Illustrated Edition) gathers enduring seasonal fiction in which Christmas becomes a lens for charity, childhood, domestic belonging, moral awakening, and imaginative escape. Ranging from realist social portraiture and sentimental domestic narrative to fairy tale, animal story, pastoral fantasy, and children's adventure, the volume reveals the remarkable elasticity of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Christmas writing. Familiar visions of snow, hearth, and reconciliation stand beside tales of deprivation, wonder, and ethical responsibility; illustrations further recover the visual appeal central to the period's gift-book culture. Its contributors form an unusually rich transatlantic and British constellation of writers associated with Victorian and Edwardian children's literature, domestic fiction, fantasy, and social reform. Their collective work reflects an era in which literature for young readers increasingly treated moral feeling, family life, class difference, and the natural world as serious imaginative concerns. Across these varied voices, Christmas emerges not merely as a holiday setting but as a cultural ritual through which compassion, community, and personal transformation may be tested. This collection is especially recommended for readers seeking a capacious introduction to the literary history of Christmas. It offers the pleasure of many distinct styles within one volume while inviting comparison between realism and fantasy, social critique and consolation, childhood wonder and adult reflection. Educational as well as enchanting, it fosters a sustained dialogue among canonical seasonal narratives and less frequently encountered voices.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length105 hrs 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 22, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume (Illustrated)
2The Greatest Christmas Novels Collection (Illustrated Edition)
3Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum)
4YOUTH
51. Burzee
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62. The Child of the Forest
73. The Adoption
84. Claus
95. The Master Woodsman
106. Claus Discovers Humanity
117. Claus Leaves the Forest
12MANHOOD
131. The Laughing Valley
142. How Claus Made the First Toy
153. How the Ryls Colored the Toys
164. How Little Mayrie Became Frightened
175. How Bessie Blithesome Came to the Laughing Valley
186. The Wickedness of the Awgwas
197. The Great Battle Between Good and Evil
208. The First Journey with the Reindeer
219. "Santa Claus!"
2210. Christmas Eve
2311. How the First Stockings Were Hung by the Chimneys
2412. The First Christmas Tree
25OLD AGE
261. The Mantle of Immortality
272. When the World Grew Old
283. The Deputies of Santa Claus
29Christmas-Tree Land (Mary Louisa Molesworth)
30CHAPTER I. THE WHITE CASTLE.
31CHAPTER II. IN THE FIR-WOODS.
32CHAPTER III. THE MYSTERIOUS COTTAGE.
33CHAPTER IV. FAIRY HOUSEKEEPING.
34CHAPTER V. THE STORY OF A KING'S DAUGHTER.
35CHAPTER VI. THE STORY OF A KING'S DAUGHTER
36CHAPTER VII. A WINDING STAIR AND A SCAMPER.
37CHAPTER VIII. THE SQUIRREL FAMILY.
38CHAPTER IX. A COMMITTEE OF BIRDS.
39CHAPTER X. A SAIL IN THE AIR.
40CHAPTER XI. THE EAGLES' EYRIE.
41CHAPTER XII. A VISION OF CHRISTMAS TREES.
42I HOW JOHN HENRY OVERHOLT SAT ON PANDORA'S BOX
43II HOW A MAN AND A BOY FOUNDED THE LITTLE CITY OF HOPE
44III HOW THEY MADE BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW
45IV HOW THERE WAS A FAMINE IN THE CITY
46V HOW THE CITY WAS BESIEGED AND THE LID OF PANDORA'S BOX CAME OFF
47VI HOW A SMALL BOY DID A BIG THING AND NAILED DOWN THE LID OF THE BOX
48VII HOW A LITTLE WOMAN DID A GREAT DEED TO SAVE THE CITY
49VIII HOW THE WHEELS WENT ROUND AT LAST
50IX HOW THE KING OF HEARTS MADE A FEAST IN THE CITY OF HOPE