The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories by Jessica Harrison
Truman Capote makes whisky-soaked fruitcake in Alabama; Laurie Lee slides across a frozen pond in Gloucestershire; and Shirley Jackson is outwitted by a wily Santa Claus at the bank. Ghosts haunt the Christmases of Muriel Spark and Elizabeth Bowen, while Dostoyevsky, Daphne du Maurier and Italo Calvino take a cynical view of the season and Selma Lagerlof and Angela Carter celebrate its miracles. Ranging from Cork to Lagos to the Wild West, and from Paris to San Paolo to outer space, this is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short-story writers of all time.-
Wuthering Heights
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Pride and Prejudice
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Frankenstein
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The Odyssey
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A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
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Dracula
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Jane Eyre
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Little Women
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
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The Haunting of Hill House
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The Iliad
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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Animal Farm
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Sense and Sensibility
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Great Expectations
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Emma
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Persuasion
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Les Les Miserables
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Oliver Twist
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Moby-Dick
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War And Peace
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The Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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The War of the Worlds
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Treasure Island
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
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Grimm Tales
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The Aeneid
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Crime and Punishment
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A Tale of Two Cities
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The Little Prince
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The Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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Far from the Madding Crowd
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Giovanni's Room
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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The Jungle Books
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The Woman in White
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The Inferno: The Divine Comedy I
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Paradise Lost
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Love and Freindship
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Anna Karenina
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Tales from 1,001 Nights
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The Outsider
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The Brothers Karamazov
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Around the World in Eighty Days
From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter, this greatest hits compilation also happens to be beautifully publishedInside you'll find ghosts, miracles, grouchy curmudgeons and plenty of snow * Daily Mail Books of the Year *
Perfect for any looming Boxing Day boredom. The list of rather superior contributors includes the likes of Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Italo Calvino and Dylan Thomas * Herald Scotland Books of the Year *
Perfect for any looming Boxing Day boredom. The list of rather superior contributors includes the likes of Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Italo Calvino and Dylan Thomas * Herald Scotland Books of the Year *
Jessica Harrison (editor) is the editorial director of Penguin Classics UK.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780241455654 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241455650 |
| Title | The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories |
| Author | Jessica Harrison |
| Series | Penguin Clothbound Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2021-10-07 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |