A Merry Christmas and Other Christmas Stories by Louisa May Alcott
Curl up with a cup of cheer. a favorite blanket, and this timeless tome of holiday magic. The perfect Christmas morning read!
A Merry Christmas 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.
Included in this treasury:
A Merry Christmas
Kate's Choice
The Quiet Little Women
Tilly's Christmas
What Love Can Do
Rosa's Tale
Mrs. Podger's Teapot
Add this charming collection of short Christmas stories to your library to revisit year after year!
A Merry Christmas and Other Christmas Stories by Louisa May Alcott
Curl up with a cup of cheer. a favorite blanket, and this timeless tome of holiday magic. The perfect Christmas morning read!
A Merry Christmas 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.
Included in this treasury:
A Merry Christmas
Kate's Choice
The Quiet Little Women
Tilly's Christmas
What Love Can Do
Rosa's Tale
Mrs. Podger's Teapot
Add this charming collection of short Christmas stories to your library to revisit year after year!
