{"product_id":"a-merry-christmas-and-other-christmas-stories-hardcover","title":"A Merry Christmas: And Other Christmas Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouisa May Alcott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of six beloved Christmas classics in collectible hardcover editions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Merry Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e collects the treasured holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott, from the dearly familiar Yuletide benevolence of Marmee and her \"little women\" to the timeless \"What Love Can Do,\" wherein the residents of a boarding house come together to make a lovely Christmas for two poor girls. Wildly popular at the time of their publication--readers deluged Alcott with letters demanding sequels--and drawing on Alcott's family and experiences in the abolitionist and women's suffrage movements, these stories have the authentic texture and detail of Christmas in nineteenth-century America, while their emphasis on generosity and charity make them timeless embodiments of the Christmas spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePenguin Christmas Classics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGive the gift of literature this Christmas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenguin 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. \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Adventures of Santa Claus \u003c\/i\u003ecreated the origin story for the presiding spirit of Christmas as we know it. The holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott shaped the ideal of an American Christmas. \u003ci\u003eThe Night Before Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e brought forth some of our earliest Christmas traditions as passed down through folk tales. And \u003ci\u003eThe Nutcracker\u003c\/i\u003e inspired the most famous ballet in history, one seen by millions in the twilight of every year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully 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-honored stories about the holiday. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollect all six Penguin Christmas Classics: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e by Charles Dickens\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories\u003c\/i\u003e by Anthony Trollope\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life and Adventures of Santa Claus \u003c\/i\u003eby L. Frank Baum\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Merry Christmas: And Other Christmas Stories\u003c\/i\u003e by Louisa May Alcott\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Night Before Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e by Nikolai Gogol\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nutcracker\u003c\/i\u003e by E. T. A. Hoffmann \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLOUISA MAY ALCOTT\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1832. Her family later moved to Concord, Massachusetts, where Alcott was influenced by their neighbors Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau. At a young age, Louisa took on some of the family's financial burdens, working as a domestic, a teacher, and a writer. In 1868 and 1869, fame and fortune came with the publication of\u003ci\u003e Little Women\u003c\/i\u003e. The author of many novels and an active campaigner for temperance and women's suffrage, Alcott passed away in 1888.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.4 x 4.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753751773472,"sku":"9780143122463","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/46d89afe4b7d1490e0b8e56d533248c7.webp?v=1780026777","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-merry-christmas-and-other-christmas-stories-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}