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The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories
- Author
- Penguin
- Narrator
- Shaniqua Okwok
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 26 November 2020
- Run Time
- 11 hours 8 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 3.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Truman Capote makes whisky-soaked fruitcake in Alabama; Laurie Lee slides across a frozen pond in Gloucestershire; and Shirley Jackson is outwitted by a wily Santa Claus at the bank. Ghosts haunt the Christmases of Muriel Spark and Elizabeth Bowen, while Dostoyevsky, Daphne du Maurier and Italo Calvino take a cynical view of the season and Selma Lagerlof and Angela Carter celebrate its miracles. Ranging from Cork to Lagos to the Wild West, and from Paris to San Paolo to outer space, this is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short-story writers of all time.
(P) Penguin Audio 2020
Critics Review
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From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter, this greatest hits compilation also happens to be beautifully published. Inside you'll find ghosts, miracles, grouchy curmudgeons and plenty of snow
Daily Mail Books of the Year
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Perfect for any looming Boxing Day boredom. The list of rather superior contributors includes the likes of Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Italo Calvino and Dylan Thomas
Herald Scotland Books of the Year
User Reviews
Book 3.0
Narration 1.0
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3.0 1.0
Unfortunately the narrator was not good. I had to give up after the fourth story.
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Details
- Author
- Penguin
- Narrator
- Shaniqua Okwok
- Duration
- 11 hours 8 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 November 2020
- ISBN
- 9780241457511
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Classic fiction: general and literary, Short stories, Anthologies: general
- Rating
- 3.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 1.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Truman Capote makes whisky-soaked fruitcake in Alabama; Laurie Lee slides across a frozen pond in Gloucestershire; and Shirley Jackson is outwitted by a wily Santa Claus at the bank. Ghosts haunt the Christmases of Muriel Spark and Elizabeth Bowen, while Dostoyevsky, Daphne du Maurier and Italo Calvino take a cynical view of the season and Selma Lagerlof and Angela Carter celebrate its miracles. Ranging from Cork to Lagos to the Wild West, and from Paris to San Paolo to outer space, this is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short-story writers of all time.(P) Penguin Audio 2020
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