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Round About the Christmas Tree: A Miscellany of Festive Stories
Hardback
Main Details
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Round About the Christmas Tree: A Miscellany of Festive Stories
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Becky Brown
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Introduction by Ned Halley
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Series | Macmillan Collector's Library |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:360 | Dimensions(mm): Height 157,Width 102 |
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Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) Short stories |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781509866564
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Classifications | Dewey:823.0108334 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Pan Macmillan
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Imprint |
Macmillan Collector's Library
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Publication Date |
6 September 2018 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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.
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