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Penguin Christmas Classics 6-Volume Boxed Set

Autor Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, L. Frank Baum, Louisa May Alcott, Nikolay Gogol, E. T. a. Hoffmann
en Limba Engleză Quantity pack – 3 noi 2016
An attractive boxed set of the beloved hardcover "Penguin Christmas Classics", which have given us much of what we love about the holiday itself; "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, "Christmas At Thompson Hall & Other Christmas Stories" by Anthony Trollope, "The Life & Adventures Of Santa Claus" by L. Frank Baum, "A Merry Christmas & Other Stories" by Louisa May Alcott, "The Night Before Christmas" by Nikolai Gogol, and "The Nutcracker" by E.T.A. Hoffmann.
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ISBN-13: 9780143129783
ISBN-10: 0143129783
Pagini: 600
Dimensiuni: 132 x 204 x 99 mm
Greutate: 1.34 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Charles Dickens (Author)
Charles Dickens (1812-70) is one of the most recognized celebrities of English literature. His many books includeOliver Twist, Great ExpectationsandA Christmas Carol.

Anthony Trollope (Author)
Anthony Trollope (1815-82) was one of the most widely enjoyed and prolific novelists of the nineteenth century. His books include the greatChronicles of Barsetshire, of whichBarchester Towersis the second volume. Trollope worked for the Post Office for much of his adult life, combining postal and literary business as he travelled around the British Empire. He has been credited with the creation of the distinctive British pillar box.

L. Frank Baum (Author)
Frank L. Baum (1856-1919) was born in New York. He enjoyed making up stories, particularly for his own children. The Wizard of Oz, based on their favourite bedtime story about a land of Oz, was published in 1900 and it immediately became a huge international success. He wrote several sequels and numerous other kinds of books under a pseudonym.

Louisa May Alcott (Author)
Louisa May Alcott (1832-88) was brought up in Pennsylvania, USA. She turned to writing in order to supplement the family income and had many short stories published in magazines and newspapers. Then, in 1862, during the height of the American Civil War, Louisa went to Georgetown to work as a nurse, but she contracted typhoid. Out of her experiences she wroteHospital Sketches(1864) which won wide acclaim, followed by an adult novel, Moods.
She was reluctant to write a children's book but then realized that in herself and her three sisters she had the perfect models. The result wasLittle Women(1868) which became the earliest American children's novel to become a classic

Nikolay Gogol (Author)
Nikolai Gogol (1809-52) was born in the Ukraine and left for St Peterburg at the age of 19 where he published a collection of short stories and for a short time held the post of professor of history at the university. Gogol's experience of life in St Petersburg informed his savagely satirical play, The Government Inspector, and a series of brilliant short stories including Nevsky Prospekt and Notes of a Madman. From 1836 to 48, Gogol lived abroad, mainly in Rome, where he was working on his comic epic Dead Souls - a work he wrestled with for the rest of his life before renouncing literature and burning parts of the manuscript shortly before he died.



Descriere

The six volumes in the Penguin Christmas Classics are not only our most beloved Christmas tales, they also have given us much of what we love about the holiday itself. Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol revived in Victorian England such Christmas hallmarks as the Christmas tree, holiday cards, and caroling. The Yuletide yarns of Anthony Trollope, brought together in Christmas at Thompson Hall and Other Christmas Stories, popularized throughout the British Empire and around the world the trappings of Christmas in London. L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus created the origin story for the presiding spirit of Christmas as we know it. The holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott, collected in A Merry Christmas and Other Christmas Stories, shaped the ideal of an American Christmas. Nikolai Gogol's The Night Before Christmas brought forth some of our earliest Christmas traditions as passed down through folk tales. And E. T. A. Hoffmann's The Nutcracker inspired the most famous ballet in history, one seen by millions in the twilight of every year.
Beautifully designed hardcovers-with foil-stamped jackets, decorative endpapers, and nameplates for personalization-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-honoured stories about the holiday.