7 best short stories: Christmas

By Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Dickens, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and 4 more

Christmas brings out the best of us, our best intentions and willingness to share with others. The writers also participate in this climate of generosity and offered us with great tales that have become classics in the imaginary of Christmas. Critic August Nemo selected seven Christmas tales for you to enjoy and read in the family:

- The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- Christmas Jenny by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- The Other Wise Man by Henry van Dyke
- Merry Christmas by Stephen Leacock
- Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy
For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tacet Books
• Release date: Jun 5, 2019
• ISBN: 9788577772483

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark, in 1805. He endured a lonely, impoverished childhood consoled by little more than his own imagination. He escaped to a theatre life in Copenhagen aged 14 where the support of a powerful patron enabled him to complete his scant education, and to write. His poetry, novels and travel books became hugely popular. But it was his Fairy Tales, the first children's stories of their kind, published in instalments from 1835 until the time of his death in 1875, that have immortalised him. Translated into more than 100 languages and adapted to every kind of media, they have made Andersen the most important children's writer in history.