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Immerse yourself in a literary wonderland with this collection of timeless Christmas tales.’There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas said Charles Dickens. From yuletide carols to scrumptious food to presents under the tree, from cold winter nights in Victorian London to countryside festivities by the fire, from the melancholies of the season to the injustices, our best writers have seen it all and written it down. A Vintage Christmas captures the very essence of what Christmas means to us and what real magic can be found, written by some of the worlds finest authors, including Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony Trollope, Laurie Lee, E. Nesbit and Alice Munro.Stories in A Vintage Christmas:Carol-Barking from Cider With Rosie by Laurie LeeObadiah Oak, Mrs Griffiths and the Carol Singers by Louis de BerniresThe Turkey Season by Alice MunroChristmas at Thompson Hall by Anthony TrollopeChristmas Shopping from The Green Road by Anne EnrightA Conscience Pudding from The New Treasure Seekers by E. NesbitChristmas at Cold Comfort Farm by Stella GibbonsThere Never Was Such a Goose from A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensLet Nothing You Dismay by Helen SimpsonChristmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor by John CheeverA Serious Talk by Raymond CarverThe Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan DoyleVINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.Vintage Minis bring you the worlds greatest writers on the experiences that make us human from birth to death and everything in between.