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I absolutely recommend this book when you really want to get into the "spirit of Christmas." There are 3 (if I remember right) delightful stories that I will read over and over again.
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Louisa May Alcott's Christmas Treasury
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A publishing first - the first and only complete collection of all Louisa May Alcott's Christmas short stories and novellas. Louisa May Alcott has been loved by generations of readers for her timeless stories like Little Women, Little Men, and Jo's Boys. Few authors have equaled her ability to bring characters to life in such a way that readers truly care for and believe in them-and are inspired to be like them. Now for the first time, all of Alcott's known Christmas short stories and novellas have been gathered into a single exquisite collection, which is sure to brighten the holidays for book lovers. Readers of all ages will cherish these fifteen enchanting tales filled with hope, sorrow, faith, joy, redemption, strength, and goodness. Louisa May Alcott's Christmas Treasury is a wonderful gift for oneself or a loved one.
The quiet little woman --
A hospital Christmas --
What Polly found in her stocking --
Rosa's tale --
Mrs. Podgers' teapot --
Peace from heaven --
A country Christmas --
Gwen's adventure in the snow --
A Christmas dream, and how it came true --
A song --
A merry Christmas (Little women) --
What love can do --
Tessa's surprises --
A Christmas turkey --
Becky's Christmas dream --
Kate's choice --
Bertie's box --
A new way to spend Christmas --
Tilly's Christmas --
The virutes of Louisa May Alcott's characters
The quiet little woman --
A hospital Christmas --
What Polly found in her stocking --
Rosa's tale --
Mrs. Podgers' teapot --
Peace from heaven --
A country Christmas --
Gwen's adventure in the snow --
A Christmas dream, and how it came true --
A song --
A merry Christmas (Little women) --
What love can do --
Tessa's surprises --
A Christmas turkey --
Becky's Christmas dream --
Kate's choice --
Bertie's box --
A new way to spend Christmas --
Tilly's Christmas --
The virutes of Louisa May Alcott's characters
290 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1,2002
This edition
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290 pages, Hardcover
- Published
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June 1, 2002 by David C Cook
- ISBN
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9781589199507
- ASIN
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1589199502
- Language
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English
About the author
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Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, including Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Alcott's family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used pen names such as A.M. Barnard, under which she wrote lurid short stories and sensation novels for adults that focused on passion and revenge.
Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt. The novel was well-received at the time and is still popular today among both children and adults. It has been adapted for stage plays, films, and television many times.
Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. She also spent her life active in reform movements such as temperance and women's suffrage. She died from a stroke in Boston on March 6, 1888, just two days after her father's death.
Alcott's family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used pen names such as A.M. Barnard, under which she wrote lurid short stories and sensation novels for adults that focused on passion and revenge.
Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, and Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt. The novel was well-received at the time and is still popular today among both children and adults. It has been adapted for stage plays, films, and television many times.
Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. She also spent her life active in reform movements such as temperance and women's suffrage. She died from a stroke in Boston on March 6, 1888, just two days after her father's death.
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This is probably my third reading of this collection of sweet Christmas stories by Louisa May Alcott. Most of these illustrate the "Golden Rule", with the characters often helping others in need and spreading Christmas cheer to those who are less fortunate.
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While I did enjoy these stories, I got a bit tired of how moralistic they are. It was heartwarming and inspiring to read all about the ways people can be charitable to others, but the strong religious overtone would make me reluctant to read these stories to the kids. I do want to read Little Women though, which I suspect is a bit better written than some of these stories.
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There's a lot to be said for a happy ending and Louisa May Alcott stories always end on a happy note.
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This collection presents stories Alcott wrote to appear in contemporary 19th Century popular magazines, sometimes as serials. Included is an excerpt from Little Women--the chapter of the girls' sacrificing for Christmas. All of the stories are sweet and moralistic, almost always centered around someone struggling without resources, making moral and usually unselfish actions and decisions, then ultimately receiving justly earned rewards. The stories are worth reading and somewhat inspirational, harkening back to times more innocent, though with struggles much more serious, that stretch the characters more than today's modern concerns.
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Pleasant listening on my Christmas drive.
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This is my yearly Christmas read. I love the cozy Christmas feel I always get from it.
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Sweet stories with positive messages and morals.
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