Christmas Penny Readings

Original Sketches for the Season

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Christmas lights and crowded London shops make Hezekiah Thornypath's poverty feel sharper. After his attempt to build a better life in the city fails, he faces Christmas Eve with an empty grate, overdue rent and a family struggling against the cold. George Manville Fenn opens these seasonal sketches with a close account of grief, hardship and the affection that survives inside a nearly bare room.

Christmas Penny Readings ranges beyond that domestic scene. Another passage follows an armed attempt to rescue prisoners in a rocky ravine, where a wounded narrator depends on his companion Abel. The contrast gives a sense of the collection's movement between emotional household stories and urgent adventure.

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George Manville Fenn

George Manville Fenn (1831-1909) was an English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist. Many of his novels were written with young readers in mind, among them "The Black Tor" and "Devon Boys". His last book was a biography of George Alfred Henty, another writer for the young.

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Author: George Manville Fenn
Reading time: About 6 hours
Pages: 222
Language: English
Genre: British Classics
Formats: PDF, EPUB, Read online