Christmas Classics
Selected by the Bookshop
Here’s our personal selection of hardy Christmas perennials, to read, reread and give away this year, and every other year too.
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Adalbert Stifter's Rock Crystal is a Christmas story and a story about the heart of the ice, the crystal.…
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When Anna is kissed by a mysterious stranger at a masquerade ball, a heady dance of seduction begins ...…
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This Christmas, bask in these ‘diminutive masterpieces’ (Guardian) by the English genius behind Lolly Willowes.‘One of our finest writers.’ Neil Gaiman‘One of the most shamefully under-read great…
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Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote, the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's, are a captivating tribute to the Christmas seasonSelected from across Capote's writing life, they range from nostalgic portraits of childhood to…
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Make a loved one smile with this classic Christmas read - a perfect stocking filler'Christmas Day was organized by Lady Bobbin with the thoroughness and attention to detail of a general leading his army into battle . . .'The formidable…
Recommended by Gayle:
‘A sweet and tender Christmas novel, that’s not just for Christmas. The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John follows the employees of the Ladies’ Cocktail Frocks section of an upmarket department store as they prepare for the Christmas rush in the sweltering heat of a Sydney summer. To my northern hemisphere eyes at least, it’s a novel for all seasons.’
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'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding'Dickens's story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors, has had…
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'Magical' Daily Mail'I finished it with an ache in my heart and a tear in my eye' SpectatorFrom the author of Cider With Rosie, Village Christmas is a moving, lyrical portrait of England through the changing years and seasons. Laurie Lee…
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The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all timeThis is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world, taking us…
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Three seasonal stories set in Paris at Christmas, from the celebrated creator of Inspector Maigret.It is Christmas in Paris, but beneath the sparkling lights and glittering decorations lie sinister deeds and dark secrets... This collection…
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