Christmas Stories

A Christmas tale is an incredibly fascinating literary genre that traces its roots back to Dickens and has never lost popularity to this day.

This genre follows strict rules: in such stories, the characters are usually faced with a wonderful transformation (through divine intervention or a happy turn of events), and at the end, good triumphs. After the difficult trials of the passing year, it’s so tempting to feel like a child again—if only for a moment—and believe in a miracle anew. And perhaps that will bring a bit of magic into your life… The most touching and kind holiday reading!

Genuine Christmas tales by Russian writers, along with excerpts from famous classic works from childhood, will surround you with a festive atmosphere and help you forget for a little while about everyday worries. And the enchanting voice of Yulia Rutberg will make you believe that there is still room for fairy tales in life. Let your winter be magical!

Contents:

Nikolai Leskov — “A Pearl Necklace,” “Christ at a Peasant’s”

Ivan Bunin — “Limp” (Lаpty), “The Hierarch”

Lidia Charskaya — “On a Christmas Eve,” “Ice Princess,” “Little Siberian Girl”

Aleksei Tolstoy — “The Fir Tree”

Sergei Aksakov — “An Essay on a Winter Day”

Leonid Andreev — “Little Angel”

Maxim Gorky — “About the Boy and the Girl Who Didn’t Freeze”

Fyodor Dostoevsky — “The Boy at Christ’s Christmas Tree”

Alexander Kuprin — “The Poor Prince”

Leo Tolstoy — “War and Peace. Excerpt from the Novel”

Sasha Cherny — “Christmas Angel”

Anton Chekhov — “A Dream”

Ivan Shmelev — “Christmas in Moscow”