The Heavenly Christmas Tree (Short Stories)

By Fyodor Dostoevsky

Book Overview

La presente edici n comprende dos contundentes y conmovedores relatos del escritor ruso Fi dor Dostoyevski (1821-1881). Ambos relatos, "El rbol de Navidad y una boda" y "El Ni o de la manita",... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0886824923
• ISBN13: 9780886824921
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Creative Co
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.5"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

A short Christmas story

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "The Heavenly Christmas Tree" is an extremely short story, easily read in ten minutes, probably five. It begins with a poor boy, "six years old or even younger," whose mother has passed away during a cold night. With nobody to care for him, the boy wanders about the city, seeing others revel in the Christmas season. Alas, none of the city's celebration is for him. Readers seeking a heartwarming tale à la A Charlie Brown Christmas or A Christmas Carol should be warned, though. This is not necessarily a story with a warm, feel-good ending. It is, however, a story worth reading if only to remind us that the events described within need not happen. Parents with children should also be warned that the events in the story might be upsetting for some children; parents should preview the book to determine its suitability for young readers.