{"product_id":"9780143122470-secondhand-christmas-at-thompson-hall-and-other-christmas-stories","title":"Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories","description":"Christmas at Thompson Hall brings together the best of the Christmas stories of Anthony Trollope, one of the most successful, prolific, and respected English novelists of the nineteenth century.\n\n\nOne of six beloved Christmas classics in collectible hardcover editions\n\nChristmas at Thompson Hall brings together the best of the Christmas stories of Anthony Trollope,  one of the most successful, prolific, and respected English novelists of  the nineteenth century.Characterized by insightful, psychologically  rich, and sometimes wryly humorous depictions of the middle class and  gentry of Victorian England-and inspired occasionally by missives in the  \"lost letter\" box of the provincial post office that Trollope ran-these  tales helped to enshrine the traditions of the decorated Christmas  tree, the holiday turkey, and the giving of store-bought gifts.Today,  they open a window onto a time when carolers filled the streets and each  house's door displayed a wreath of evergreen boughs, a time at  oncedistant and yet startlingly familiar.\n\nPenguin Christmas Classics\n\nGive the gift of literature this Christmas.\n\nPenguin  Christmas Classics honor the power of literature to keep on giving  through the ages. The six volumes in the series are not only our most  beloved Christmas tales, they also have given us much of what we love  about the holiday itself. A Christmas Carol revived in Victorian  England such Christmas hallmarks as the Christmas tree, holiday cards,  and caroling. The Yuletide yarns of Anthony Trollope popularized  throughout the British Empire and around the world the trappings of  Christmas in London. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus created the origin story for the presiding spirit of Christmas as we know it.The holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott shaped the  ideal of an American Christmas. The Night Before Christmas brought forth some of our earliest Christmas traditions as passed down through folk tales. And The Nutcracker inspired the most famous ballet in history, one seen by millions in the twilight of every year.\n\nBeautifully  designed hardcovers-with foil-stamped jackets, decorative endpapers, and  nameplates for personalization-in a small trim size that  makes them perfect stocking stuffers, Penguin Christmas Classics embody  the spirit of giving that is at the heart of our most time-honored  stories about the holiday.\n\nCollect all six Penguin Christmas Classics-\n\nA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens\nChristmas at Thompson Hall- And Other Christmas Stories by Anthony Trollope\nThe Life and Adventures of Santa Clausby L. Frank Baum\nA Merry Christmas- And Other Christmas Stories by Louisa May Alcott\nThe Night Before Christmas by Nikolai Gogol\nThe Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann\n\nFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48801274855643,"sku":"9780143122470-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/fc1e226a-71bf-49e9-9e95-cecb451a2b65.jpg?v=1779468657","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780143122470-secondhand-christmas-at-thompson-hall-and-other-christmas-stories","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}