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Synopsis
A seasonal anthology of Christmas-themed writings to savour during the highs and lows of Christmas Day. This delightful anthology - described in Gyles Brandreth's introduction as 'a plum pudding stuffed with good things' - offers an array of writers, both old and new, who have expressed their thoughts about Christmas with joy, nostalgia, grumpiness and wit. On Christmas includes selections from Dickens, Dostoevsky, P.G. Wodehouse, Kathy Lette, Ali Smith, Will Self and Queen Victoria. Devour in one sitting, or savour at your leisure through the long winter nights.
Contributions from: Charles Dickens, William Sandys, Deborah Bull, C.S. Lewis, Saint Bonaventure, Clement A. Miles, Robert Benchley, Quentin Crisp, The Koran, Queen Victoria, Anthony Trollope, Francis Kilvert, H.H. Munro, Samuel Pepys, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jerome K. Jerome, Edmond de Goncourt, Mrs Beeton, Kathy Lette, Paul Fournier, Anton Chekhov, Charles Dudley Warner, Sue Townsend, O.Henry, Suhel Seth, Saki, Ali Smith, William Makepiece Thackeray, Henry Lawson, Guy de Maupassant, Will Self, and P.G. Wodehouse.