THE PENGUIN BOOK OF CHRISTMAS STORIES

Harrison, Jessica (editor) (Shirley Jackson; Muriel Spark; Truman Capote; Laurie Lee; Angela Carter; Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Paul Arene; Anton Chekhov; Saki; Selma Lagerlof; O. Henry; Irene Nemirovsky; Damon Runyon; Dorothy L. Sayers; Langston Hughes; Mario de Andrade; Elizabeth Bowen; Frank O' Connor; Dylan Thomas; Georges Simenon; Ray Bradbury)

ISBN 10: 0241396697 / ISBN 13: 9780241396698

Published by Penguin Books, London, 2019

About this Item

(vii) 272 pp. Red boards lettered in white on the spine; dark blue endpapers; headband; ribbon marker. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; two small ink marks on the lower edge of the text block; no interior markings. Dustjacket art by Eyvind Earle. This anthology contains: A Visit to the Bank by Shirley Jackson; A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas; The Little Restaurant Near Place des Ternes by Georges Simenon; The Gift by Ray Bradbury; The Loaf Sweeper by Muriel Spark; A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote; A Cold Christmas Walk in the Country by Laurie Lee; The Ghost Ships by Angela Carter; A Christmas Party and a Wedding by Fyodor Dostoyevsky; St. Anthony and His Pig by Paul Arene; Boys by Anton Chekhov; Midnight Mass by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis; Reginald's Christmas Revel by Saki; The Legend of the Christmas Rose by Selma Lagerlof; A Chaparral Christmas Gift by O. Henry; Noel by Irene Nemirovsky; Dancing Dan's Christmas by Damon Runyon; The Necklace of Pearls by Dorothy L. Sayers; One Christmas Eve by Langston Hughes; The Christmas Turkey by Mario de Andrade; Green Holly by Elizabeth Bowen; Christmas Morning by Frank O' Connor; The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen; The Cat on teh Dovrefjell by Peter Christen Asbjornson and Jorgen Moe; The Loan by Wolfdietrich Schnurre; Christmas Eve by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen; The Loudest voice by Grace Paley; Santa's Children by Italo Calvino; Christmas by Tove Jansson; Just Becauise of Xmas by Cyprian Ekwensi; and Noel, Texas, 1956 by Lucia Berlin. Size: 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 234360

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE PENGUIN BOOK OF CHRISTMAS STORIES
• Publisher: Penguin Books, London
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241396697
• ISBN 13: 9780241396698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Eyvind Earle
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Christmas Books

About this title

Synopsis

The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time

This is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world, taking us from frozen Nordic woods to glittering Paris, a New York speakeasy to an English country house, bustling Lagos to midnight mass in Rio, and even outer space.

Here are classic tales from writers including Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Dylan Thomas, Saki and Chekhov, as well as little-known treasures such as Italo Calvino's wry sideways look at Christmas consumerism, Wolfdietrich Schnurre's story of festive ingenuity in Berlin, Selma Lagerlof's enchanted forest in Sweden, and Irène Nemerovsky's dark family portrait. Featuring santas, ghosts, trolls, unexpected guests, curmudgeons and miracles, here is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short story writers of all time.

About the Author

Jessica Harrison (editor) is the editorial director of Penguin Classics UK.