{"product_id":"the-penguin-book-of-christmas-stories-9780241455654","title":"The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories : From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time - now in a beautiful clothbound editionThis is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world, taking us from frozen Nordic woods to glittering Paris, a New York speakeasy to an English country house, bustling Lagos to midnight mass in Rio, and even outer space. Here are classic tales from writers including Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Dylan Thomas, Saki and Chekhov, as well as little-known treasures such as Italo Calvino's wry sideways look at Christmas consumerism, Wolfdietrich Schnurre's story of festive ingenuity in Berlin, Selma Lagerlof's enchanted forest in Sweden, and Irène Nemerovsky's dark family portrait. Featuring santas, ghosts, trolls, unexpected guests, curmudgeons and miracles, here is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short story writers of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenguin Clothbound Classics are bound in cloth and not paper. The design is stamped on in foil, and each cover repeats one small icon taken from the story. The series was designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, who took her inspiration from Victorian bookbinding. Each book has coloured endpapers and a ribbon bookmark. They make beautiful presents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe foil can rub off if the books are stacked tightly, so give them a little room on the shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Jessica Harrison\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eChristmas, Anthologies (non-poetry), Short stories\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 Oct 2021 by Penguin Books Ltd.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jessica Harrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57486941159802,"sku":"9780241455654","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780241455654.jpg?v=1793297684","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/uk\/products\/the-penguin-book-of-christmas-stories-9780241455654","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}