The Burglar's Christmas

Name: The Burglar's Christmas
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Willa Cather
ISBN: 9781666587098

Author: Willa Cather

Series: Classic Christmas Stories

Narrator: Cris Dukehart

Unabridged: 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 08/15/2017

Categories: Fiction, Anthologies, Classic, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Originally published in a 1896 edition of The Home Monthly, The Burglar's Christmas tells the story Crawford, a homeless man in Chicago who has not eaten recently and considers stealing food on Christmas Eve. Reminiscent of The Parable of the Prodigal Son, this tale reflects on the nature of forgiveness. This recording of The Burglar's Christmas was recorded as part of Dreamscape’s Classic Christmas Stories: A Collection of Timeless Holiday Tales.

About Willa Cather

Willa Siebert Cather (1873-1947) was an American author and Pulitzer Prize winner. She was noted for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I.

About Cris Dukehart

Cris Dukehart is an award-winning storyteller who has narrated books in a plethora of genres, from romance and science fiction to children's literature and autobiography. Her voice, with its endearing mix of sweetness and pluck, can be heard around the world and across the web in commercials, e-learning projects, and corporate narrations. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, she lives with her family in rural Pennsylvania.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen

WELCOME TO DECEMBER PROJECT! boilerplate mission statement intro: for the past two years, i’ve set december’s project aside to do my own version of a short story advent calendar. it’s not a true advent calendar since i choose all the stories myself, but what it lacks in the ‘element of surprise’ depar......more

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽

In this 1896 short story by Willa Cather, a down-on-his-luck young man is at the end of his rope financially and in spirit.It is a tragic hour, that hour when we are finally driven to reckon with ourselves, when every avenue of mental distraction has been cut off and our own life and all its ineffac......more

Goodreads review by Moonkiszt

A newly minted burglar (the latest in a long line of failed career moves) finds a surprise in his latest victim's home and presence. . .and perhaps a new outlook on life. A short, sweet story by W Cather. The holiday involved helps me tolerate the sweet, and a certain amount of suspension of disbelie......more