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The Token, Or Affection’s Gift

The Token, Or Affection’s Gift

Samuel Griswold Goodrich

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Kessinger Publishing
Año de edición:
2009
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Antologías (no poéticas)
ISBN:
9781120206589
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The Token, Or Affection�������s Gift: A Christmas And New Year�������s Present (1842) is a book written by Samuel Griswold Goodrich. It is a collection of short stories, poems, and essays that were written to be read during the Christmas and New Year’s season. The book is divided into several sections, each containing a different type of literature. The first section is dedicated to stories, which range from heartwarming tales of family and love to spooky ghost stories. The second section is dedicated to poetry, with works from some of the most famous poets of the time, including Longfellow and Edgar Allan Poe. The third section is dedicated to essays, which cover a wide range of topics from history to science. The Token, Or Affection�������s Gift is a beautiful and nostalgic look at the holiday season in the mid-19th century, and a perfect gift for anyone who loves Christmas and literature.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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