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Title:
A literary Christmas.
Added Author:
Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779-1863. Night before Christmas.

Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931 Feast of St. Friend.

Thomas, Edward, 1961- Gypsy.

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. Sons and lovers.

Lee, Laurie. Cider with Rosie.

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. River Duddon.

Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848. Wuthering Heights.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Christmas carol.

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 Oxen.

Saki, 1870-1916. Bertie's Christmas Eve.

Rossetti, Christina. Christmas carol.

Milton, John, 1608-1674. On the morning of Christ's Nativity.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861 Virgin Mary to the child Jesus.

Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 Christmas carol.

Donne, John, 1572-1631 Nativity.

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703. Diary.

Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849 Music on Christmas morning.

Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 Orley Farm.

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 Christmas at sea.

Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Mill on the Floss.

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 Christmas in India.

Bayly, Thomas Haynes, 1797-1839. Mistletoe bough.

Mitford, Nancy, 1904-1973 Christmas pudding.

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 sketch book of Washington Irving.

Tusser, Thomas, 1524?-1580. Five hundred points of good husbandry.

Zephaniah, Benjamin Talking turkeys!!

Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975 Another Christmas carol.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Christmas bells.

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 Christmas ghost-story.

Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 Truce of Christmas.

Davies, W. H. (William Henry), 1879-1940. Holly on the wall.

Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953 Child's Christmas in Wales.

Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932. Wind in the willows.

Middleton, Richard, 1957- Carol of the poor children.

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Little women.

Brown, George Mackay Lost boy.

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706 Diary.

Gay, John, 1924-2017. Trivia, or The art of walking the streets of London.

James, Henry, 1843-1916 English hours.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. As you like it.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Emma.

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 Mahogany tree.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Pickwick papers.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 Dirge for the year.

Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674. Ceremony upon Candlemas Eve.

Hood, Thomas, 1799-1845. Sonnet.

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. In memoriam.
ISBN:
9780712352765
Physical Description:
151 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language:
English
Format:
Book
Subject:
Christmas -- Literary collections.
Christmas poetry.
Christmas stories.
Summary:
"For as long as Christmas has been celebrated, poets and writers have sought to explore every aspect of it, whether the story of the Nativity, gatherings with family and friends, or the festive traditions that have grown up over the centuries. A Literary Christmas is a seasonal anthology collecting poems, short stories and prose extracts by some of the greatest poets and writers in the English language"--Jacket.
Contents:
Before Christmas. A visit from St Nicholas / from The Feast of St Friend / The gypsy / from Sons and lovers / from Cider with Rosie / from The River Duddon / from Wuthering Heights / from A Christmas Carol / The oxen / Bertie's Christmas Eve / The Nativity. A Christmas carol / from On the morning of Christ's Nativity / from The Virgin Mary to the Child Jesus / A Christmas Carol / Nativity / Christmas day. from his Diary / Music on Christmas morning / from Orley Farm / Christmas at sea / from The mill on the Floss / Christmas in India / The mistletoe bough / from Christmas pudding / Christmas fare. from "Old Christmas" in The sketch book of Washington Irving / from A Christmas carol / Christmas husbandly fare, from Five hundred pointes of good husbandrie / Talking turkeys!! / Another Christmas carol / Christmas at war. Christmas bells / A Christmas ghost-story / A Christmas prayer / The truce of Christmas / The holly on the wall / A child's Christmas. from A child's Christmas in Wales / from The Wind in the Willows / The carol of the poor children / from Little Women / The lost boy / Seasonal snow and ice. from his Diary / from Trivia, or, The art of walking the streets of London / from English hours / from As you like it / from Emma / The mahogany tree / from The Pickwick papers / New Year. Dirge for the year / Ceremony upon Candlemas Eve / Sonnet / Ring out, wild bells, from In memoriam