There are moments when you just need a bit of Louisa May Alcott and it’s likely they will come during the Holidays. This little book will hit just the spot: short, gentle, heartwarming.
It starts off with the wonderful Christmas chapter of Little Women and then offers six other short-stories full of kindness, charity and poor people gratifyingly thankful for the kindness of others.
Nineteenth-century stories like these helped build the Christmas traditions that we still follow today and just for that they were a pleasure to read. It also helps that the book and the rest of the Penguin Christmas Classics collection are lovely (at least I couldn’t resist them!).
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December 24, 2014 at 1:37 am
Jay
Sounds nice. Wish I’d read this instead of my ‘speculative fiction’ anthology “Gifts of the Magi.” 🙂
PS we’re saving a place for you in the deal me in short story challenge if you’re interested… 😉
January 2, 2015 at 11:02 am
Alex
Enticing! I should read more short-stories this year. I always promise myself and never get around to actually doing it. let me check it out…
December 26, 2014 at 6:03 pm
Jenny @ Reading the End
Aw, nothing nicer than a Louisa May Alcott story for Christmas! Pemberley Digital just premiered their newest series, and it is Little Women, and it was the perfect after-Christmas surprise!
January 2, 2015 at 11:05 am
Alex
Need to check that out – thank for flagging!