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Matchless: A Christmas Story (Hardcover)

By: Gregory Maguire (Author)


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The best-selling author of the Wicked Years series reimagines the Hans Christian Anderson tale "The Little Match Girl," intertwining the title character's tale with that of Frederik, whose own yearnings are a catalyst for a better future for himself and his family, in a book that suggests transcendence and the permanence of spirit. 150,000 first printing.

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Gregory Maguire has become one of the most popular writers in the world with his re-imagined versions of classic fairy tales and fantasies, and now he turns his attention to the Hans Christian Anderson story, "The Little Match Girl." In the original story, a poor young girl who is forced into the cold to sell matches for her father sees visions of Christmas and her dead grandmother as she lights her matches to keep warm. Maguire updates the tale with the addition of Frederik, another impoverished child, who is sent out by his mother to find some matches and encounters the freezing little girl. Frederik gives readers new access to the true meaning of Anderson's story and reminds us of the ethereal splendor of Christmas.

Short Desription

When it was translated from Danish and published in England in the mid-nineteenth century, audiences likely interpreted the Little Match Girl's dying visions of lights and a grandmother in heaven as metaphors of religious salvation. This book re-illuminates Andersen's classic, using his storytelling magic to rekindle his original intentions.



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