Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories

Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories (Penguin Christmas Classics)

One of six beloved Christmas classics in collectible hardcover editions
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Christmas at Thompson Hall brings together the best of the Christmas stories of Anthony Trollope, one of the most successful, prolific, and respected English novelists of the nineteenth century.Â Characterized by insightful, psychologically rich, and sometimes wryly humorous depictions of the middle class and gentry of Victorian Englandâ€”and inspired occasionally by missives in the â€œlost letterâ€ box of the provincial post office that Trollope ranâ€”these tales helped to enshrine the traditions of the decorated Christmas tree, the holiday turkey, and the giving of store-bought gifts.Â Today, they open a window onto a time when carolers filled the streets and each houseâ€™s door displayed a wreath of evergreen boughs, a time at onceÂ distant and yet startlingly familiar.
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Penguin Christmas Classics
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Give the gift of literature this Christmas.
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Penguin Christmas Classics honor the power of literature to keep on giving through the ages. The six volumes in the series are not only our most beloved Christmas tales, they also have given us much of what we love about the holiday itself. A Christmas Carol revived in Victorian England such Christmas hallmarks as the Christmas tree, holiday cards, and caroling. The Yuletide yarns of Anthony Trollope popularized throughout the British Empire and around the world the trappings of Christmas in London. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus created the origin story for the presiding spirit of Christmas as we know it.Â The holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott shaped the ideal of an American Christmas. The Night Before Christmas brought forth some of our earliest Christmas traditions as passed down through folk tales. And The Nutcracker inspired the most famous ballet in history, one seen by millions in the twilight of every year.
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Beautifully designed hardcoversâ€”with foil-stamped jackets, decorative endpapers, and nameplates for personalizationâ€”in a small trim size that makes them perfect stocking stuffers, Penguin Christmas Classics embody the spirit of giving that is at the heart of our most time-honored stories about the holiday.
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Collect all six Penguin Christmas Classics:
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories by Anthony Trollope
The Life and Adventures of Santa ClausÂ by L. Frank Baum
A Merry Christmas: And Other Christmas Stories by Louisa May Alcott
The Night Before Christmas by Nikolai Gogol
The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780143122470
Color Silver
ReleaseDate 2014-10-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143122470

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780143122470
Color	Silver
ReleaseDate	2014-10-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143122470

Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories (Penguin Christmas Classics)

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