The Essential Christmas Classics Collection (Boxed Set): A Christmas Carol; The Nutcracker; Twelve Classics of Christmas

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Celebrate the holidays with this collection of Christmas classics, including A Christmas Carol, The Nutcracker, and a collection of holiday short storiestogether in one paperback boxed set!

Celebrate the season with this collection of popular holiday stories from Christmases past. This set includes E. T. A. Hoffmans The Nutcracker, the story of a girls Christmas gift coming to life and battling the sinister mouse king, which later inspired Tchaikovskys popular holiday ballet. Next is A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickenss renowned novella about the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge being confronted with his greed and learning the meaning of Christmas.

Rounding out the set is The Twelve Classics of Christmas, a collection of twelve holiday short stories. From favorites like Clement C. Moores Twas the Night Before Christmas and O. Henrys The Gift of the Magi to lesser-known tales from beloved authors like Louisa May Alcott, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the Brothers Grimm, this anthology is the perfect way to count down to Christmas.

This festive paperback boxed set includes:
A Christmas Carol
The Nutcracker
The Twelve Classics of Christmas

Author Bio

Charles Dickens (18121870) was born in near Portsmouth where his father was a clerk in the navy pay office. The family moved to London in 1823, but their fortunes were severely impaired. Dickens was sent to work in a blacking factory when his father was imprisoned for debt. Both experiences deeply affected the future novelist. In 1833, he began contributing stories to newspapers and magazines and in 1836 started the serial publication ofThePickwick Papers. Thereafter, Dickens published his major novels over the course of the next twenty years, fromNicholas NicklebytoLittle Dorrit. He also edited the journalsHousehold WordsandAll the Year Round.

E. T. A. Hoffman (17761822) was a writer, composer, and painter. Born in Prussia, he served as a law officer until Napoleons invasion, after which he settled in Germany and turned his attention to the arts. He is best remembered for his writings of Romanticism and Gothic Horror, and for his novella originally titledNutcracker and Mouse King, which later inspired Tchaikovskys ballet.

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