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Title: The Burglar and the Blizzard: A Christmas Story
Note: Reading ease score: 81.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits: Eric Betts and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "The Burglar and the Blizzard: A Christmas Story" by Alice Duer Miller is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds around Geoffrey Holland, a young millionaire, who is drawn into a series of engaging events that intertwine elements of romance, adventure, and crime during a snowy Christmas setting. The plot kicks off with a string of burglaries in Hillsborough, stirring curiosity and excitement about the burglar's identity and motives. At the start of the novel, Geoffrey is dining in a restaurant when he learns about recent daring thefts in the area that stirs the interest of himself and those around him. As the evening progresses, details are revealed about his family and the community's reaction to the burglaries, hinting at his interactions with various characters, including his suspicious brother, who later turns out to be the burglar. The twist in this cozy Christmas tale comes when Geoffrey’s life intersects with a mysterious girl he discovers amid the blizzard, leading to tension and a burgeoning relationship amidst misunderstandings stemming from familial ties to crime. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Miller, Alice Duer, 1874-1942
Illustrator: Harding, Charlotte, 1873-1951
EBook No.: 14835
Published: Jan 29, 2005
Downloads: 153
Language: English
Subject: Christmas stories
Subject: Love stories
Subject: Country homes -- Fiction
Subject: Siblings -- Fiction
Subject: Rich people -- Fiction
Subject: Burglars -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Burglar and the Blizzard: A Christmas Story
Note: Reading ease score: 81.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits: Eric Betts and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "The Burglar and the Blizzard: A Christmas Story" by Alice Duer Miller is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds around Geoffrey Holland, a young millionaire, who is drawn into a series of engaging events that intertwine elements of romance, adventure, and crime during a snowy Christmas setting. The plot kicks off with a string of burglaries in Hillsborough, stirring curiosity and excitement about the burglar's identity and motives. At the start of the novel, Geoffrey is dining in a restaurant when he learns about recent daring thefts in the area that stirs the interest of himself and those around him. As the evening progresses, details are revealed about his family and the community's reaction to the burglaries, hinting at his interactions with various characters, including his suspicious brother, who later turns out to be the burglar. The twist in this cozy Christmas tale comes when Geoffrey’s life intersects with a mysterious girl he discovers amid the blizzard, leading to tension and a burgeoning relationship amidst misunderstandings stemming from familial ties to crime. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Miller, Alice Duer, 1874-1942
Illustrator: Harding, Charlotte, 1873-1951
EBook No.: 14835
Published: Jan 29, 2005
Downloads: 153
Language: English
Subject: Christmas stories
Subject: Love stories
Subject: Country homes -- Fiction
Subject: Siblings -- Fiction
Subject: Rich people -- Fiction
Subject: Burglars -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.