Project Gutenberg 2011-02-25 Public domain in the USA. 51 Berens, Edward 1859 Cruikshank, George 1792 1878 Cruickshank, George Christmas Stories Containing John Wildgoose the Poacher, the Smuggler, and Good-nature, or Parish Matters Produced by Heather Clark, billyeiser and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Christmas Stories" by Edward Berens is a collection of short stories written in the early 19th century. The opening tale, "The History of John Wildgoose," focuses on the life of Thomas Wildgoose, a hardworking man who faces tragedy and moral dilemmas after becoming a poacher. The narrative explores themes of conformity to law, family responsibility, and the impact of poor choices on both personal and community levels. The beginning of the collection introduces Thomas Wildgoose, who leads a simple, honest life until a tragic accident leaves him seriously injured. As he prepares for his death, he makes provisions for his family, revealing his love for them. The story then transitions to his wife, Susan, who struggles to cope with her husband's passing while finding a way to support her children. The tale hints at the challenges their children, particularly their son John, will face as he is drawn into a life of poaching due to bad company, setting the stage for a moral decline that threatens to unravel their family's integrity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christmas stories Children's stories Smuggling -- Juvenile fiction Temperance -- Juvenile fiction Poaching -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 286578 286587 2024-09-15T05:15:24.299843 2023-09-15T10:55:05.227304 text/html text/html 287601 2021-01-07T13:39:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 249072 2021-01-07T13:39:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 305521 2024-09-15T05:15:31.858846 application/epub+zip 307866 2024-09-15T05:15:26.830921 application/epub+zip 164417 2024-09-15T05:15:24.864864 application/epub+zip 648925 2024-09-15T05:15:34.905824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 622127 2024-09-15T05:15:30.126812 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318346 2022-09-16T08:39:22.989741 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258447 258229 2024-09-15T05:15:23.779903 2023-09-15T10:55:04.755366 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 258274 2021-01-07T13:39:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 97089 2021-01-07T13:39:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19627 2024-09-15T05:15:35.038821 application/rdf+xml 14962 2024-09-15T05:15:25.215838 image/jpeg 3899 2024-09-15T05:15:25.039858 image/jpeg 297125 2024-09-15T05:15:24.331996 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia