Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories
by L.M. Montgomery
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Author: L.M. MontgomeryEditor: Rea Wilmshurst
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-08-10
ISBN: 0771062044
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
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Summary: 4 Stars
L.M. Montgomery, justly famous as the author of the "Anne of Green Gables" novels, was a prodigious writer of short stories, with hundreds to her credit. Rea Wilmshurst, co-author of a Montgomery biography, has here collected sixteen of her Christmas stories, nearly all published in magazines between 1899 and 1910.
The collection includes two Christmas stories featuring the red-haired orphan Anne Shirley. The first story recounts her second Christmas at Green Gables, when Matthew undertakes to provide her with her first pretty dress. The second story, drawn from "Anne of Windy Willows", has Anne inviting her lonely and bitter fellow schoolteacher Katherine Brooke to share in the healing cheer of a Green Gables Christmas.
The other stories follow the conventions of the day, generally with the lonely, unfortunate, and disaffected being touched by the Christmas spirit through the good will of others. Among the highlights: "Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket" in which a basket of holiday cheer is a saving grace for a group of passengers stranded on a train; "Christmas at Red Butte", in which a poor girl's generosity saves a Christmas and a life; and "A Christmas Inspiration", in which a group of girls in a boarding house share some holiday cheer with a lonely fellow boarder.
"Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories" is a heartwarming collection about the real spirit of Christmas, a quality that hopefully will never go out of fashion. It is highly recommended to fans of L.M. Montgomery's short stories.
Summary of Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories
Share Anne?s delight at receiving the dress of her dreams, the joy of a young woman reunited with her long lost brother on Christmas Eve, and the surprise of a trio of sisters who inadvertently end a family feud by arriving at the wrong uncle?s house for Christmas dinner.Featuring some well-loved characters from the Anne of Green Gables books, as well as plenty of new characters, this collection of short stories by L. M. Montgomery celebrates the joys and tribulations of Christmas and the hope of the new year.
The perfect escape during the hectic holiday season and all year round.
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