Project Gutenberg 2022-12-22 Public domain in the USA. 69 Corelli, Marie 1855 1924 Mackay, Mary Corelli, Maria 01026295 A Christmas greeting $aUnited States :$bDodd, Mead and Company,$c1901. Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. "A merry Christmas!" -- England -- The King's crown -- Hymn for the coronation -- The soul of Queen Alexandra -- A Christmas carol at Sandringham -- A question of faith -- The voice in the cathedral -- The ghost in the sedan-chair -- King Henry's love-song ("Ah, my sweet sweeting") / words by King Henry VIII; music by Marie Corelli -- The fire of life -- The devil's motor -- God and Satan -- "Imaginary" love -- A forgiveness -- "Care-takers" -- Joe's orchid -- Savage London -- One rose! -- The laurels of the brave -- To "The quarterly" -- The prayer of the small country M.P. -- The children's pages: King Buttercup's Wedding. How Jack built his house. The swimming shoes. Children's evening hym. Krista Zaleski, Tim Lindell, Linda Cantoni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Christmas Greeting" by Marie Corelli is a reflective work written in the early 20th century. This piece captures the contemplative musings of the author regarding the Christmas season, contrasting the joy of the holiday with the melancholic realities of modern society. Corelli encourages readers to embrace the spirit of Christmas while critiquing contemporary apathy and self-centeredness, suggesting that true merriment lies in kindness and community. At the start of the book, Corelli introduces the age-old greeting of "Merry Christmas" and immediately reflects on the jaded attitudes that some people hold towards this cherished sentiment. She paints a vivid picture of modern society filled with complaints and sadness, lamenting the loss of the simple joys associated with Christmas. Through her prose, she urges even the pessimists to find solace in the holiday, emphasizing the significance of joy, love, and togetherness amid personal and collective grief. The opening establishes a tone of warmth and nostalgia, inviting readers to reconnect with the lighter, more joyful aspects of life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/christmasgreetin00core_0/page/n5/mode/2up 20200518015340corelli 1901 US en Christmas stories, English Christmas poetry, English Religious fiction, English PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Fiction 359882 359841 2024-11-16T09:23:06.042506 2023-09-30T03:30:17.260086 text/html text/html 357665 2022-12-22T02:44:15 text/html 2606522 2024-11-16T09:23:53.255258 application/epub+zip 2603432 2024-11-16T09:23:29.092394 application/epub+zip 366655 2024-11-16T09:23:10.268473 application/epub+zip 6859454 2024-11-16T09:24:06.337235 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3166455 2024-11-16T09:23:41.765307 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290705 290739 2024-11-16T09:23:05.036683 2023-09-30T03:30:15.934076 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 290433 2022-12-22T02:44:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18463 2024-11-16T09:24:06.499179 application/rdf+xml 18330 2024-11-16T09:23:18.078421 image/jpeg 1685 2024-11-16T09:23:17.895432 image/jpeg 10912456 2024-11-16T09:23:06.561498 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