JCCB00-21 Jennifer Chiaverini - Christmas Bells.nfo
General Information
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Title: Christmas Bells
Author: Jennifer Chiaverini
Read By: Christina Moore
Copyright: 2015
Audiobook Copyright: 2015
Genre: Fiction - Historical
Publisher: Recorded Books
Abridged: No
Original Media Information
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Media: Digital
Length each: Chapters mostly
Source: OneClick MP3
File Information
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Number of MP3s: 21
Total Duration: 10:09:48
Total MP3 Size: 210.35
Parity Archive: No
Ripped By: 3j
Encoded With: LAME
Encoded At: CBR 48 kbit/s 32000 Hz Mono
Normalize: None
Noise Reduction: None
ID3 Tags: Set, v1.1, v2.3
Book Description
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Publisher's Summary
New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Chiaverini celebrates Christmas
past and present with a wondrous novel inspired by the classic poem
"Christmas Bells" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I heard the bells on
Christmas Day / Their old familiar carols play / And wild and sweet
/ The words repeat / Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
In 1860 the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow family celebrated Christmas at
Craigie House, their home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The publication
of Longfellow's classic Revolutionary War poem, "Paul Revere's Ride",
was less than a month hence, and the country's grave political unrest
weighed heavily on his mind. Yet with his beloved wife, Fanny, and their
five adored children at his side, the delights of the season prevailed.
In present-day Boston, a dedicated teacher in the Watertown public school
system is stunned by somber holiday tidings. Sophia's music program
has been sacrificed to budget cuts, and she worries not only about her
impending unemployment but also about the consequences to her underprivileged
students. At the church where she volunteers as music director, Sophia
tries to forget her cares as she leads the children's choir in rehearsal
for a Christmas Eve concert. Inspired to honor a local artist, Sophia
has chosen a carol set to a poem by Longfellow, moved by the glorious
words he penned one Christmas Day long ago, even as he suffered great
loss.
Christmas Bells chronicles the events of 1863, when the peace and contentment
of Longfellow's family circle was suddenly, tragically broken, cutting
even deeper than the privations of wartime. Through the pain of profound
loss and hardship, Longfellow's patriotism never failed, nor did the
power of his language. "Christmas Bells", the poem he wrote that holiday,
lives on, spoken as verse and sung as a hymn.
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