The Best Classics for Christmas
By William Shakespeare, Louisa May Alcott, Victor Hugo, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Henry David Thoreau, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Jane Austen, William Makepeace Thackeray, Mary Shelley, John Keats, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Elizabeth Von Arnim, D. H. Lawrence, Bram Stoker, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, Frances Hodgson Burnett, C. S. Lewis, George Weedon Grossmith, H.G. Wells, Willkie Collins, G. K. Chesterton, E. M. Forster, T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw, W. B. Yeats, Robert Louis Stevenson, George MacDonald, James Matthew Barrie, Mark Twain, Jack London, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, Walt Whitman, Kahlil Gibran, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, James Fenimore Cooper, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Lewis Wallace, L.M. Montgomery, Homer, Plato, Apuleius, Marcus Aurelius, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Herman Hesse, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jules Verne, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, Gaston Leroux, Honoré de Balzac, Stendhal, Voltaire, Charles Baudelaire, Alexandre Dumas, Émile Zola, Henrik Ibsen, Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, Anton Chekhov, Nikolai Gogol, Miguel de Cervantes, Benito Pérez Galdós, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Dante, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli, Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Kalidasa, Valmiki, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Confucius, Cao Xueqin, Princess Der Ling, Inazo Nitobe, Kakuzo Okakura, Soseki Natsume, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Dean Howells, Washington Irving, L. Frank Baum, Theodor Storm & Rudyard Kipling
- Release Date: 2020-12-17
- Genre: Classics
Description
'The Best Classics for Christmas' presents an exquisite anthology that stitches together the rich tapestries of world literature under the festive, reflective theme of Christmas. This collection spans a variety of literary styles, from the tragic to the comedic, the poetic to the prose-rich, capturing the spirit of Christmas through the ages and across cultures. It uniquely combines timeless works from esteemed authors, offering readers an unparalleled insight into the ways this festive season has influenced literary expression. The anthology is a microcosm of diverse and significant contributions, from the haunting eloquence of Gothic tales to the bright optimism of Victorian novels, all echoing the thematic symphony of yuletide sentiments. The contributing authors and editors, ranging from Shakespeare to Tagore, and from Austen to Fitzgerald, bring an incredible depth of cultural and historical perspectives. Their collective works signify various literary movements—from Romanticism to Modernism, each enriching the anthology with unique views on life, society, and humanity during the Christmas season. By exploring these varied literary landscapes, readers gain an expansive view of the cultural significance of Christmas, discovering how this holiday has been a potent muse across different epochs and locales. 'The Best Classics for Christmas' is a treasure trove for any literature lover or cultural historian. It invites readers to traverse the globe and leap across centuries from the comfort of their reading nooks, exploring an array of emotional and intellectual responses to Christmas. This anthology not only makes for a delightful holiday read but also serves as an important educational tool, illuminating the historical and literary nuances of the festive season. Readers are encouraged to delve into this rich literary feast, which provides not just entertainment, but a profound collective reflection on one of the world's most cherished holidays.
