On Christmas

This delightful anthology offers an array of writers both old and new who have expressed their thoughts about Christmas with joy, nostaligia, grumpiness and wit. On Christmas includes selections from Dickens, Dostoevsky, P.G. Wodehouse, Kathy Lette, Ali Smith, Will Self and Queen Victoria.

About the author

Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster, performer, former MP and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, now Chancellor of the University of Chester, who has been devotee of Lewis Carroll since he saw a production of Alice Through the Looking-Glass when he was seven. In the 1970s he created a one-man Lewis Carroll stage show and TV series for the entertainer Cyril Fletcher. In the 1980s he devised the Alice in Wonderland board game for the makers of Scrabble. More recently, with Sue Pearse, he created the musical Wonderland about Charles Dodgson and his friendship with the actress Isa Bowman. In 2023, with descendants of the Dodgson family and the great-grandchildren of Alice Liddell (the original Alice), he unveiled a plaque at Folly Bridge in Oxford, on the bank of the river Isis, commemorating the boat trip that took place on ‘the golden afternoon’ of 4 July 1862 when the story of Alice’s adventures was told for the first time.

Summary

A seasonal anthology of Christmas-themed writings to savour during the highs and lows of Christmas Day. This delightful book offers a diverse array of classic and contemporary writers who have expressed their thoughts about Christmas over the centuries - with joy, nostalgia and dazzling wit.

Product details

• Authors: Gyles Brandreth
• Assisted by: Gyles Brandreth (Editor), Gyles Brandreth (Introduction)
• Publisher: Notting Hill Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.2018
• EAN: 9781910749685
• ISBN: 978-1-910749-68-5
• Dimensions: 120 mm x 190 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 250 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Christmas, FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors), LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, RELIGION / Holidays / Christmas & Advent, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry)