Project Gutenberg 2005-01-29 Public domain in the USA. 146 Miller, Alice Duer 1874 1942 Duer, Alice Harding, Charlotte 1873 1951 Brown, Charlotte Harding The Burglar and the Blizzard: A Christmas Story Eric Betts and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Updated: 2022-10-30. "The Burglar and the Blizzard: A Christmas Story" by Alice Duer Miller is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds around Geoffrey Holland, a young millionaire, who is drawn into a series of engaging events that intertwine elements of romance, adventure, and crime during a snowy Christmas setting. The plot kicks off with a string of burglaries in Hillsborough, stirring curiosity and excitement about the burglar's identity and motives. At the start of the novel, Geoffrey is dining in a restaurant when he learns about recent daring thefts in the area that stirs the interest of himself and those around him. As the evening progresses, details are revealed about his family and the community's reaction to the burglaries, hinting at his interactions with various characters, including his suspicious brother, who later turns out to be the burglar. The twist in this cozy Christmas tale comes when Geoffrey’s life intersects with a mysterious girl he discovers amid the blizzard, leading to tension and a burgeoning relationship amidst misunderstandings stemming from familial ties to crime. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Christmas stories Love stories Country homes -- Fiction Siblings -- Fiction Rich people -- Fiction Burglars -- Fiction PZ Text Christmas Category: Romance Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 155895 2025-08-06T11:28:58.071784 text/html 132122 2024-10-28T21:51:45 text/html 1298200 2025-08-06T11:29:04.715756 application/epub+zip 1297440 2025-08-06T11:29:00.444765 application/epub+zip 87197 2025-08-06T11:28:58.307761 application/epub+zip 1798017 2025-08-06T11:29:06.849751 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1784163 2025-08-06T11:29:02.796728 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 189744 2022-09-07T18:32:35.403671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140038 2025-08-06T11:28:57.824776 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 120116 2024-10-28T21:51:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19117 2025-08-06T11:29:06.993722 application/rdf+xml 24781 2025-08-06T11:28:58.372767 image/jpeg 4026 2025-08-06T11:28:58.339781 image/jpeg 1297019 2025-08-06T11:28:58.112797 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia