Round About the Christmas Tree: A Miscellany of Festival Stories

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Round About the Christmas Tree: A Miscellany of Festival Stories
Edited by Becky Brown
Introduction by Ned Halley
Illustrations by Alice Ercle Hunt

16mo. pp. xvii, 341. hardcover cloth with all edges gilt & ribbon marker. dw. London: Macmillan Collector's Library, 2018.

ISBN-10: 1509866566 / ISBN-13: 9781509866564

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A sparkling collection of Christmas stories from our most loved authors, introduced by Ned Halley and featuring charming illustrations by Alice Ercle Hunt.

The perfect gift for booklovers, this anthology shows how Christmas was an inspiration for so many famous writers, whether it be a time for celebration, for family, or a chance to remember those in hardship. This festive collection contains heartwarming stories, comic fun, touching whimsy, and even a crime story to solve. Round the Christmas Tree includes stories from: Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, J. M. Barrie, L. Frank Baum, G. K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, O. Henry, William Dean Howells, Washington Irving, L. M. Montgomery, E. Nesbit, Saki, Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Makepeace Thackeray, and Anthony Trollope.

About the series:

Designed and curated to appeal to book lovers everywhere, Macmillan Collector’s Library editions are small enough to travel with you and striking enough to take pride of place on your bookshelf. These much-loved literary classics also make the perfect gift.

Beautifully produced with gilt edges, a ribbon marker, bespoke illustrated cover and real cloth binding, every Macmillan Collector’s Library hardback adheres to the same high production values.