The Faber book of Christmas stories
By: edited by Sara and Stephen Corrin ; illustrated by Jill Bennett
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 1984
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780571133482
Subjects: Christmas; Short stories; Children's stories; Christmas stories; Fiction
Description: An anthology of fourteen Christmas stories from many countries, chosen for older children. Includes selections by Thomas Hardy, Leon Garfield, O. Henry, and Charles Dickens.
Table of contents: title: Christmas with the Chrystals / Noel Streatfeild; title: Story of Brother Johannick and his silver bell / Elizabeth Clark; title: Christmas rose / Stephen Corrin; title: Real true Father Christmas / Roy Fuller; title: Christmas carol / Charles Dickens, abridged by Stephen Corrin; title: Ghost of Christmas present / Wendy Eyton; title: Forbidden child; title: Leon Garfield; title: Christmas cherries / Chretian de Troyes, translated by John Hampden; title: Day we threw the switch on Georgie Tozer / Brian Alderson; title: Christmas and Peter Moss / Mary Small; title: Weathercock's carol / Diana Ross; title: Thieves who couldn't help sneezing; title: Thomas Hardy; title: Gift of the Magi / O. Henry; title: Christmas cuckoo / Frances Browne.