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A gorgeous gift edition of festive stories from France, from the publishers of A SCANDINAVIAN CHRISTMAS, A GERMAN CHRISTMAS and AN ITALIAN CHRISTMAS Joyeux noel! These festive stories welcome Christmas a la fran aise - delicious, chic and unexpected. Sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, oysters, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine- this collection of stories proves that the French have mastered Christmas. This collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time, featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth century author Irene Nemirovsky and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel.

<b>Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales told and retold across the centuries. </b><br/><br/>From Goblin infested caves and haunted Tombs, to vengeful spirits and strange, sinister happenings, Ancient Japan was a country and culture that lived with between realms: the world of everyday and the world of supernatural. <i>The Snow Ghost and Other Tales </i>brings together some of the best and scariest tales that endured across centuries of folklore, transporting readers to a time of magic and mystery.<br/><br/><b>For readers of Haruki Murakami, David Mitchell and Shirley Jackson</b>

<b><i>Immerse yourself in a literary wonderland with this collection of timeless Christmas tales.<br/><br/></i></b>'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 world's finest authors, including Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony Trollope, Laurie Lee, E. Nesbit and Alice Munro.<br/><br/>Stories in A Vintage Christmas:<br/>'Carol-Barking' from Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee<br/>'Obadiah Oak, Mrs Griffiths and the Carol Singers' by Louis de Bernieres<br/>'The Turkey Season' by Alice Munro<br/>'Christmas at Thompson Hall' by Anthony Trollope<br/>'Christmas Shopping' from The Green Road by Anne Enright<br/>'A Conscience Pudding' from The New Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit<br/>'Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm' by Stella Gibbons<br/>'There Never Was Such a Goose' from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens<br/>'Let Nothing You Dismay' by Helen Simpson<br/>'Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor' by John Cheever<br/>'A Serious Talk' by Raymond Carver<br/>'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle' by Arthur Conan Doyle<br/><br/>VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.<br/><br/>Vintage Minis bring you the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human - from birth to death and everything in between.