Project Gutenberg 2022-07-23 Public domain in the USA. 131 Kirkland, Winifred Margaretta 1872 1943 Priceman, James Morrison, Louise G. The Christmas Bishop $aUnited States :$bSmall, Maynard and Company,$c1913. Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Christmas Bishop" by Winifred Margaretta Kirkland is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a Bishop who reflects on his life and the themes of love, loss, and the enduring spirit of Christmas as he navigates his memories and relationships in the town of Westbury. This poignant tale delves into the Bishop's personal struggles with grief and the weight of his duties as he approaches another Christmas without his loved ones. At the start of the novel, we see the Bishop waking on Christmas morning, filled with tender memories of his past, especially of his late wife and daughter. The opening establishes a dreamlike quality as he recalls his imaginative visions of a lost child seeking acceptance in a sorrowful city, juxtaposed against his own feelings of loneliness. Through his introspective thoughts, we learn about the Bishop's connection to Westbury, the town’s unchanged beauty, and his deep yearning for connection and reconciliation with those in his community. The narrative introduces Mrs. Graham, the Bishop's housekeeper, who is struggling with her own emotional turmoil regarding her estranged family, setting the stage for themes of forgiveness and healing during the holiday season. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/christmasbishop00kirk/page/n9/mode/2up 20201212213714kirkland 1913 US Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Christmas stories Clergy -- Fiction Bishops -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 204161 2025-07-27T07:52:04.019575 text/html 181051 2024-10-18T23:32:08 text/html 650965 2025-07-27T07:52:08.381563 application/epub+zip 648507 2025-07-27T07:52:05.356542 application/epub+zip 235137 2025-07-27T07:52:04.553571 application/epub+zip 1145149 2025-07-27T07:52:10.751489 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1127506 2025-07-27T07:52:07.810511 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 757214 2022-09-30T21:04:02.824230 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 182857 2025-07-27T07:52:03.686550 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 162843 2024-10-18T23:32:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17060 2025-07-27T07:52:10.898485 application/rdf+xml 10558 2025-07-27T07:52:04.824509 image/jpeg 1644 2025-07-27T07:52:04.688528 image/jpeg 997363 2025-07-27T07:52:04.052533 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