A French Christmas: Festive Tales for a Joyeux Noël

Various (author), Guy de Maupassant (author of contributions), Anatole France (author of contributions), Irene Nemirovsky (author of contributions), Jean-Philippe Blondel (author of contributions), Paul Arene (author of contributions), Francois Coppee (author of contributions), Anatole Le Braz (author of contributions), Dominique Fabre (author of contributions), Alphonse Daudet (author of contributions), Antoine Gustave Droz (author of contributions)

Hardback Published on: 03/10/2024; Language: French

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Synopsis

Joyeux Noël! Merry Christmas! These festive stories welcome Christmas à la française – delicious, chic and unexpected.

Sparkling Parisian streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, oysters, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine: this collection of stories proves that the French have truly mastered Christmas.

Bringing together the best French Christmas stories of all time, this lovely book includes classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth-century author Irène Némirovsky and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel.

Let these generous, joyous stories transport you and your loved ones into the heart of a very French Christmas.