Victor Hugo

Guy de Maupassant

George Sand

Paul Arène

François Copée

The Greatest French Holiday Stories of All Time

Very French Christmas

Irène Némirovsky

Anatole France

Alphonse Daudet

François Coppée

Anatole Le Braz

Jean-Philippe Blondel

Dominique Fabre

Antoine Gustave Droz

Joyeux Noeuml;l: “[An]endearing collection of Christmas stories from ten of France’s most esteemed writers―past and present―skillfully translated.” ―Foreword Reviews This collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time, featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth century authors Irène Némirovsky and Nobel Prize winner Anatole France 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 Christmas à la française—delicious, intense and unexpected.

A Very French Christmas

Paul Arène, né le 26 juin 1843 à Sisteron et mort le 17 décembre 1896 à Antibes, est un poète provençal et écrivain français.

Paul Arène

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