The Christmas Bells

Author : Jennifer Chiaverini
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698407091
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christmas Bells written by Jennifer Chiaverini and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini celebrates Christmas, past and present, with a wondrous novel inspired by the classic poem “Christmas Bells,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I heard the bells on Christmas Day / Their old familiar carols play / And wild and sweet / The words repeat / Of peace on earth, good-will to men! In 1860, the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow family celebrated Christmas at Craigie House, their home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The publication of Longfellow’s classic Revolutionary War poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride,” was less than a month hence, and the country’s grave political unrest weighed heavily on his mind. Yet with his beloved wife, Fanny, and their five adored children at his side, the delights of the season prevailed. In present-day Boston, a dedicated teacher in the Watertown public school system is stunned by somber holiday tidings. Sophia’s music program has been sacrificed to budget cuts, and she worries not only about her impending unemployment but also about the consequences to her underprivileged students. At the church where she volunteers as music director, Sophia tries to forget her cares as she leads the children’s choir in rehearsal for a Christmas Eve concert. Inspired to honor a local artist, Sophia has chosen a carol set to a poem by Longfellow, moved by the glorious words he penned one Christmas Day long ago, even as he suffered great loss. Christmas Bells chronicles the events of 1863, when the peace and contentment of Longfellow’s family circle was suddenly, tragically broken, cutting even deeper than the privations of wartime. Through the pain of profound loss and hardship, Longfellow’s patriotism never failed, nor did the power of his language. “Christmas Bells,” the poem he wrote that holiday, lives on, spoken as verse and sung as a hymn. Jennifer Chiaverini’s resonant and heartfelt novel for the season reminds us why we must continue to hear glad tidings, even as we are tested by strife. Reading Christmas Bells evokes the resplendent joy of a chorus of voices raised in reverent song.

Author : Rolf Krenzer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781415617489
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christmas Bell written by Rolf Krenzer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christmas Bells and A Christmas Carol written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and published by . This book was released on 191? with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Heike Conradi
Publisher : NorthSouth Books
ISBN 13 : 0735843864
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Little Bell That Wouldn't Ring written by Heike Conradi and published by NorthSouth Books. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas is coming! In a church tower, three bells practice ringing for Christmas Eve. But the newest and smallest bell in the tower is silent. What could be wrong? The dove, the wise crow, and all the other animals find good words to try to encourage the little bell to ring. But nothing works . . . until Christmas Eve when they find the words that inspire the little bell to ring out—“Peace on earth.” An inventive story about the meaning of Christmas, with ethereal illustrations by Maja Dusíková.

Author : Katie Flynn
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099591030
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When Christmas Bells Ring written by Katie Flynn and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new Christmas bestseller from Katie Flynn; the UK's bestselling saga author Liverpool 1938 It's Christmas in the Courts, and single mother Rosheen Clarke and her mischievous twin daughters April and May have no idea of the cataclysmic events which will soon overtake them. When war is declared, April and May are evacuated to the countryside and Rosheen joins the WAAF where she befriends fellow Liverpudlian Cassie Valentine. While Rosheen worries about what trouble the twins will cause next, Cassie is fighting her love for her childhood friend Andy. Because ever since he joined the RAF, he has become arrogant and remote. Will he change back to the old Andy when it's all over? Or will their love be another casualty of war? Cassie and Rosheen support each other as best they can, but it will be many years before the Christmas bells ring out again.

Author : L. A. Detwiler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781393816874
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christmas Bell: A Horror Novel written by L. A. Detwiler and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today Bestseller L.A. Detwiler comes a disturbing paranormal horror story that will bring hell to the holidays and chilling fear to the festivities. Some Christmas ornaments should be left in the attic. When Candace Mills, 26, heads home for the holidays to visit her mother and ailing grandmother, she's expecting a peaceful, dull Christmas. She has no idea, though, that a single Christmas ornament is about to send her into a whirling chasm of evil. It starts with the Christmas bell, scratched and worn in one of Grandma Anne's boxes in the attic. Once they put it on the tree, Grandma Anne starts to say terrifying things and act strangely. Candace and her mother assume it's her dementia talking--until they start to have dangerous encounters with a fiendish being. As the secrets of Anne's past involving her twin sister rise to the surface, the women face sinister horrors from a dark force looking for revenge. Will any of them be able to survive, or will they fall prey to the malevolent secret Grandma Anne is harboring from her past?

Author : Christmas bells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christmas bells and their message, and other stories written by Christmas bells and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jennifer Chiaverini
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101984791
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christmas Bells written by Jennifer Chiaverini and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini celebrates Christmas, past and present, with a wondrous novel inspired by the classic poem “Christmas Bells,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I heard the bells on Christmas Day / Their old familiar carols play / And wild and sweet / The words repeat / Of peace on earth, good-will to men! In 1860, the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow family celebrated Christmas at Craigie House, their home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The publication of Longfellow’s classic Revolutionary War poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride,” was less than a month hence, and the country’s grave political unrest weighed heavily on his mind. Yet with his beloved wife, Fanny, and their five adored children at his side, the delights of the season prevailed. In present-day Boston, a dedicated teacher in the Watertown public school system is stunned by somber holiday tidings. Sophia’s music program has been sacrificed to budget cuts, and she worries not only about her impending unemployment but also about the consequences to her underprivileged students. At the church where she volunteers as music director, Sophia tries to forget her cares as she leads the children’s choir in rehearsal for a Christmas Eve concert. Inspired to honor a local artist, Sophia has chosen a carol set to a poem by Longfellow, moved by the glorious words he penned one Christmas Day long ago, even as he suffered great loss. Christmas Bells chronicles the events of 1863, when the peace and contentment of Longfellow’s family circle was suddenly, tragically broken, cutting even deeper than the privations of wartime. Through the pain of profound loss and hardship, Longfellow’s patriotism never failed, nor did the power of his language. “Christmas Bells,” the poem he wrote that holiday, lives on, spoken as verse and sung as a hymn. Jennifer Chiaverini’s resonant and heartfelt novel for the season reminds us why we must continue to hear glad tidings, even as we are tested by strife. Reading Christmas Bells evokes the resplendent joy of a chorus of voices raised in reverent song.

Author : Missy Andrews
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild Bells written by Missy Andrews and published by . This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains excerpts from 25 works of literature, one for each day of December, each accompanied by a reflection from Missy on that work¿s contribution to the conversation about the powerful implications of Christ¿s birth. Used as a daily reading or general reference, by yourself or with your family, A Literary Advent is sure to have you thinking and talking about the most important truths of the season.

Author : John Walker Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christmas Bells written by John Walker Brown and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: