The Christmas Peace
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Literary readers interested in Southern American short fiction
- Seasonal readers looking for an English Christmas-themed short story
- Readers with intermediate English reading ability who prefer gentle narratives
- Those interested in late nineteenth-century American society
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer strong plots and fast-paced stories
- Beginning English readers who need modern annotations and introductions
- Readers expecting systematic historical analysis rather than literary narrative
Reading tips
- Set aside time to read it in one sitting around Christmas; its short length suits concentrated reading in a holiday atmosphere.
- Before reading, learn a little about the American South and post–Civil War society to better understand the characters’ circumstances.
- Pay attention to the holiday scenes and emotional turning points, and observe how the author uses atmosphere to advance the theme.
- Read it alongside Christmas short stories on the same theme to compare how different writers handle it.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
Thomas Nelson Page (1853–1922) was an American writer. Public information about the details of his life is limited, but the twenty-four works by him held in this collection give a clear sense of his writing. His work is rooted in the American South: the novel Red Rock: A Chronicle of Reconstruction confronts the social changes that followed the Civil War, and Gordon Keith likewise unfolds Southern manners and the upheavals of the era. Short works such as The Burial of the Guns and The Spectre in the Cart often deal with memories of war, rural legends, and stories with a touch of mystery. Page's writing is often nostalgic, attentive to local scenery and human temperament, and his works are an important sample for understanding the literary tastes of the late nineteenth-century American South.
