35+ Anthology of Christmas stories. Classic collection (eBook)

Enchanting, tragic, and hilarious fairy tales for adults and children grace these pages. An initial glance might lead you to assume that these are satirical versions of classic Christmas ghost stories. However, beneath the humorous stories involving ghosts, repentant sinners, miracles, and good peasants who find well-deserved happiness, lies a psychological undercurrent that sharpens the sense of intrigue and plot movement. Often this is aided by the unrelenting social exposure of the authors who always understood how intangible the "bourgeois paradise" truly was. Even today, idyllic dreams of tolerance, equality, and the triumph of justice have failed to materialize. Perhaps that is why people continue to read these classic stories while the snow falls outside and the lights glow on the Christmas tree.

Contents:
Charles Dickens
 A Christmas Carol
 The Chimes
G.K. Chesterton
 A Christmas Carol
L.M. Montgomery
 The Red Room
 A Christmas Mistake
 A Christmas Inspiration 
 The Josephs' Christmas 
 Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket
 The Osbornes' Christmas
 Bertie's New Year
 Ida's New Year Cake
 The Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road
 Clorinda's Gifts
 The Falsoms' Christmas Dinner
 The Unforgotten One
 Christmas at Red Butte 
 Uncle Richard's New Year's Dinner
L. Frank Baum
 A Kidnapped Santa Claus
 Little Bun Rabbit
Mark Twain
 A Letter from Santa Claus
Louisa May Alcott
 A Merry Christmas
Leo Tolstoy
 A Russian Christmas Party
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
 Christmas Bells
 The Three Kings
Nikolay Gogol
 Christmas Eve
William Dean Howells
 Christmas Everyday
 The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express
Joseph Rudyard Kipling
 Christmas in India
Elizabeth Harrison
 Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe
John Milton
 On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
Hans Christian Andersen
 The Fir Tree
Selma Lagerlof
 The Holy Night
Hans Christian Andersen
 The Little Match Girl
Clement Moore
 The Night Before Christmas
Henry van Dyke
 The Other Wise Man
Beatrix Potter
 The Tailor of Gloucester
Anton Chehov
 Vanka