Project Gutenberg 2011-07-25 Public domain in the USA. 191 Papadiamantes, Alexandros 1851 1911 Παπαδιαμάντης, Αλέξανδρος Papadiamantis, Alexandros Χριστουγεννιάτικα διηγήματα Christmas Short Stories Wikipedia page about this book: https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%97_%CE%A4%CF%8D%CF%87%CE%B7_%CE%B1%CF%80%27_%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD_%CE%91%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1 Produced by Sophia Canoni. Thanks to George Canonis for his major work for proofreading "Χριστουγεννιάτικα διηγήματα" by Alexandros Papadiamantes is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The narratives explore themes of poverty, family struggles, and human resilience during the Christmas season, often depicting the lives of marginalized characters. One of the main characters introduced is the elderly woman Aχτίτσα, who faces hardships while caring for her two orphaned grandchildren. The opening of this collection introduces Aunt Aχτίτσα, a widow living in dire poverty in a rural community, struggling to care for her orphaned grandchildren amid harsh winter conditions. We learn about her attempts to collect firewood and her reliance on harvesting grain leftovers to support her family. As Christmas approaches, she remains hopeful while facing the bleakness of a winter that has been particularly unforgiving. The arrival of a letter from her son in America brings a moment of joy and potential relief, hinting at a turning point in their fortunes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) el Short stories Christmas stories Greek fiction, Modern PA Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories 345333 2025-06-15T05:48:43.710454 text/html 345154 2025-01-15T05:43:55.218999 text/html 186067 2025-06-15T05:48:50.755395 application/epub+zip 190023 2025-06-15T05:48:46.965417 application/epub+zip 163653 2025-06-15T05:48:45.714404 application/epub+zip 387981 2025-06-15T05:48:53.425394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373661 2025-06-15T05:48:49.993422 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328542 2022-09-17T03:44:23.408924 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316714 2025-06-15T05:48:43.372445 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 316541 2011-07-25T08:11:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 95925 2011-07-25T08:11:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18124 2025-06-15T05:48:53.571405 application/rdf+xml 14268 2025-06-15T05:48:46.274397 image/jpeg 3654 2025-06-15T05:48:45.996399 image/jpeg 184154 2025-06-15T05:48:43.752424 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