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A Very French Christmas
A Very French Christmas: The Greatest French Holiday Stories of All Time | Jean-Philippe Blondel, Guy de Maupassant, Irčne Némirovsky, Anatole France, Alphonse Daudet, Dominique Fabre
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A continuation of the very popular Very Christmas Series, this collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time in an elegant and vibrant volume featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth century author Irčne Némirovsky and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel. With a holiday spirit conveyed through sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, homesick soldiers, oysters, crayfish, ham, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine, this collection encapsulates the holiday spirit and proves that the French have mastered Christmas. This is Christmas ŕ la française—delicious, intense and unexpected—proving that nobody does Christmas like the French.
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Julsmarshall
A Very French Christmas: The Greatest French Holiday Stories of All Time | Jean-Philippe Blondel, Guy de Maupassant, Irčne Némirovsky, Anatole France, Alphonse Daudet, Dominique Fabre
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Panpan

This was up and down for me. A couple of the stories were good, festive and thoughtful, quiet and heartwarming. More were sad, dark and showed a starker side of humanity. And there was one that was so horrid and racist I couldn‘t finish it. Maybe some were perfectly French, but not for me. I did like the #audio narration. 26 pts #wintergames2021 @Clwojick #mistletoemaniacs #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

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Palimpsest
A Very French Christmas: The Greatest French Holiday Stories of All Time | Jean-Philippe Blondel, Guy de Maupassant, Irčne Némirovsky, Anatole France, Alphonse Daudet, Dominique Fabre
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Pickpick

A nice collection of stories that made me reflect on the true spirit of Christmas. I wasn‘t familiar with any of the stories, but a few authors such as Guy de Maupassant and Anatole France. Quite a few stories date from the late 19th century, but they all felt relevant. Not all of the stories are holly jolly in mood, but I throughly enjoyed the majority nonetheless.

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