The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories (Clothbound Edition): From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time - now in a beautiful clothbound editionThis 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 Calvinos wry sideways look at Christmas consumerism Wolfdietrich Schnurres story of festive ingenuity in Berlin Selma Lagerlofs enchanted forest in Sweden and Irène Nemerovskys 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. Review From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter this greatest hits compilation also happens to be beautifully published. Inside youll find ghosts miracles grouchy curmudgeons and plenty of snow ―Daily Mail Books of the YearPerfect 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 About the Author Jessica Harrison (editor) is the editorial director of Penguin Classics UK. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Contents“The Fir Tree” by Hans Christian Andersen “The Cat on the Dovrefjell” by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe “A Christmas Party and a Wedding” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky “St. Anthony and His Pig” by Paul Arène “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 Lagerlöf “A Chaparral Christmas Gift” by O. Henry “Noël” by Irène Némirovsky “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 Mário de Andrade “Green Holly” by Elizabeth Bowen “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas “The Little Restaurant near Place des Ternes” by Georges Simenon “The Gift” by Ray Bradbury “A Visit to the Bank” by Shirley Jackson “The Prisoners” by Bienvenido Santos “The Leaf-Sweeper” by Muriel Spark “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote “The Loan” by Wolfdietrich Schnurre “Christmas Eve” by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen “The Loudest Voice” by Grace Paley “A Cold Christmas Walk in the Country” by Laurie Lee “Santa’s Children” by Italo Calvino “Christmas” by Tove Jansson “Just Because of Xmas” by Cyprian Ekwensi “Noël. Texas. 1956” by Lucia Berlin “The Ghost Ships” by Angela Carter