# Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories - Hardcover

by **Anthony Trollope** (Author)

**One of six beloved Christmas classics in collectible hardcover editions**

_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. 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 once distant and yet startlingly familiar.

**Penguin Christmas Classics**

Give the gift of literature this Christmas.

Penguin 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.

Beautifully 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.

Collect all six Penguin Christmas Classics:

_A Christmas Carol_ by Charles Dickens  
_Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories_ by Anthony Trollope  
_The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus_ by L. Frank Baum  
_A Merry Christmas: And Other Christmas Stories_ by Louisa May Alcott  
_The Night Before Christmas_ by Nikolai Gogol  
_The Nutcracker_ by E. T. A. Hoffmann

For 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.

### Author Biography

**ANTHONY TROLLOPE** (1815-1882) was born in London to a bankrupt barrister father and a mother who, as a well-known writer, supported the family. Trollope enjoyed considerable acclaim both as a novelist and as a senior civil servant in the British Postal Service. He published more than forty novels and many short stories that are regarded by some as among the greatest of nineteenth-century fiction.

**Number of Pages:** 224

**Dimensions:** 1 x 7.4 x 5 IN

**Publication Date:** October 08, 2014

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