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Round About the Christmas Tree: A Miscellany of Festive Stories

Hardback

Main Details

Title Round About the Christmas Tree: A Miscellany of Festive Stories
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Becky Brown
Introduction by Ned Halley
SeriesMacmillan Collector's Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:360
Dimensions(mm): Height 157,Width 102
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
Short stories
ISBN/Barcode 9781509866564
ClassificationsDewey:823.0108334
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Macmillan Collector's Library
Publication Date 6 September 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition is introduced by Ned Halley and features charming illustrations by Alice Ercle Hunt. Round About the Christmas Tree is the perfect Christmas gift for booklovers as all facets of the festive season are represented here in one gorgeous volume. This anthology shows what an inspiration Christmas was for so many famous writers, whether it be a time for celebration, for family, or a chance to remember those in hardship. There are heart-warming stories from Charles Dickens and E. Nesbit, comic fun from G. K. Chesterton and Saki, touching whimsy from Hans Christian Andersen, and even crimes to solve from Arthur Conan Doyle.

Author Biography

The best Christmas stories from: William Makepeace Thackeray, Arthur Conan Doyle, Hans Christian Andersen, Washington Irving, Anthony Trollope, L. M. Montgomery, G. K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens, O. Henry, L. Frank Baum, J. M. Barrie, Louisa May Alcott, E. Nesbit, Thomas Hardy, William Dean Howells, Saki, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Fyodor Dostoevsky.