The Night Before Christmas and Other Poems
9781398843134
144 pages
Arcturus Publishing Limited
Overview
Arcturus has sold over 1 million copies of its Ornate Classics series.
A wonderful pocket-sized gift edition for the festive season.
Author Bio
Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) was an American writer and professor of Oriental and Greek literature. He is best-known for the classic Christmas poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' (later known as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'), which was first published anonymously in 1823.
Other featured poets include Thomas Hardy, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Wordsworth, Robert Louis Stevenson, Emily Brontë, William Shakespeare, John Keats, Walt Whiteman and Emily Dickinson.
Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was a leading English illustrator celebrated for his work on children's books, particularly fairy tales. His whimsical and quirky designs including watercolours and line drawings have become synonymous with many of literature's greatest works such as The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm and 'The Night Before Christmas'.
