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Christmas Penny Readings: Original Sketches for the Season
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"Christmas Penny Readings: Original Sketches for the Season" by George Manville Fenn is a collection of Christmas-themed short stories, often with a strong moral lesson, which were an extremely popular annual tradition in Victorian England. It contains Cutting Times; or, A Frost and Thaw, Corns, A Ghastly Deed, Come Back, Upon Christmas-Eve, Haunted by Spirits, On the Down Line, Preparing for Christmas, The Ice-Breaking, A Horror of Horrors, Cabby at Christmas, Drat the Cats, An Australian Christmas, Gnashing of Teeth, and more.
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George Manville Fenn
George Manville Fenn (1831-1909) was an English author, journalist, and educator. Although he is best known for his boy’s adventure stories, Fenn authored over 175 books in his lifetime, including his very popular historical naval fiction for adult readers. Fenn wrote a number of weekly newspaper columns, and subsequently became the publisher of various magazines, many which became a platform for his social and economic views of Victorian England.
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