We Have a New Book For You!
This week we’re celebrating the launch of A Very English Christmas, and we want to invite you to join the celebration! First, here’s a bit about the book:
Celebrate the Season with Three Timeless Tales of Love, Faith, and Christmas Cheer
A Very English Christmas is a collection of three novellas, each drawing from the legacies of famous British authors Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Beatrix Potter. These beloved authors appear as secondary characters who guide three unforgettable heroines through journeys of faith, friendship, and holiday romance. A contemporary framing story ties the novellas together, following a young woman on her own quest for renewed faith and purpose in life. A Very English Christmas is available in paperback, eBook, and audiobook formats. Readers will be delighted with the blend of historical charm and uplifting themes. Download your copy today, find a cozy spot, and enjoy these heartwarming holiday stories.
In A Portrait of Faith by Carole Lehr Johnson, a friendship with Jane Austen helps a young woman pursue life and love with new courage.
In A Victorian Christmas Tale by Carrie Turansky, love blossoms between a writer and a young woman with a hidden strength—as Charles Dickens pens A Christmas Carol nearby.
In A Tale of the Season Marguerite Gray, a spirited heiress finds unexpected joy in the Lake District—with a little help from Beatrix Potter.
Romantic, faith-filled, and full of literary charm, A Very English Christmas is the perfect holiday read for fans looking for inspiring historical stories with cozy English settings.
Now for our special giveaway!
We’re offering three readers a chance to win a paperback copy of A Very English Christmas and one of the prizes pictured below.
Carole is offering a copy of The Prayers of Jane Austen.
Carrie is offering an illustrated copy of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Marguerite is offering The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin and a cute squirrel garden flag.
To enter the giveaway, leave a comment below and tell us which of the famous British authors featured in the description above is your favorite and why. This giveaway is open October 7 through 18. Three winners will be chosen and notified by email. This giveaway is open to US residents only.
We hope you will order your copy of a A Very English Christmas and consider ordering an extra copy as a Christmas gift! Thank you for helping us spread the word about A Very English Christmas and about this giveaway!
Until Next Time ~ Happy Reading,
Carrie Turansky, Carole Lehr Johnson, and Marguerite Gray
Jane Austen is my favorite author of the books listed; she made you feel like part of her book and expressed life in olden years just as you imagined it would be in your mind.
Jane Austen is my favorite. I didn’t know much about her until I saw the movie version of “Sense and Sensibility” directed by Ang Lee back in the ’90s. That started an obsession. Since then I have read all of Jane’s novels–some of them several times–and watched all of the screen adaptations of each that I could find. I especially love the fact that Jane’s stories are timeless. They are still as enjoyable to readers today as they were when she wrote them.
I love Dickens his books are very though provoking and profound. A Christmas Carol is my favorite.
I also would like to win A Victorian Christmas Tale Why? Always liked Charles Dickens and the young woman who ends up finding a hidden strength she didn’t know she had kinda sort of reminds me like me and my personality
I have always loved Jane Austen. My Aunt gave my mom the movie adaptation to Sense and Sensibility with Kate Winslet when I was in high school. I bought Pride and Prejudice on a trip to Florida. When that copy fell apart I bought the movie adaptation with Colin Firth. Jane Austen has been my favorite author due to her insightful way in which she writes about people and the world around her.
Hi! i really enjoy what little I’ve read of Charles Dickens
He taught with lessons things to make you think and uplifting stories
I love Charles Dickens and his tale of family and cherishing what we have. I’ve taken my children to see a production of A Christmas Carol and now my grandchildren. I do love Jane Austen and her swoony love stories as well.
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As much as I admire the writings of all three writers, I have to admit that I am a fervent Austen fan. She captures the human condition and relational pitfalls with such eclat, that one cannot help but admire her cleverness and fine writing.
I would just love read a print copy of any of these books especially A Very English Christmas or A Christmas Carol
If I Win paperback version I will read & review paperback books
I love Jane Austen. I was assigned Sense and Sensibility in the 12th grade, and I have been hooked ever since. Pride and Prejudice is my favorite of all her novels. I also enjoy Charles Dickens! I am unfamiliar with Beatrix Potter, but I intend to learn more about her and her works. Thank you for the giveaway!
I love Jane Austen – her stories are timeless. I can watch them over and over again, all different versions! I feel that her understanding of the human heart was spot on – a writer ahead of her time.
What an awesome giveaway. Would love to win.
I share my love for Jane Austen, books and most movies alike, with my 3 daughters! I would love to gift them any of these books/gifts for Christmas!
Jane Austen, I don’t know the other authors very well.
I am such a Jane Austen fan. But, I am also fan of Carrie, Carole and Marguerite. A few years ago I recieved a couple of Jane Austen’s books as a gift. They are treasued on my book shelves.
I love Beatrix Potter because my children absolutely loved to snuggle when we would read her. Now I have a great grandson who is just right to start this book.
I always llove the stories of Jane Austen. I like watching her movies as well. I also love Beatrix Potter stories. Peter rabbit is my favorite and I have lots of his books and even stuffed animals of the characters. I would absolutely love to win a paperback copy of A
Very English Christmas.
I love Beatrix Potter! My Dad is from England and when I was little he would read the Beatrix Potter books to me. My Grandad would send me Beatrix Potter china sets from England!
Carrie Turansky is my favorite if those listed. I find her books entertaining and inspiring.
I’d have to say Beatrice Potter as I grew up being read her stories by my Mum. Lovely books I still treasure!
I love all of the authors listed. I love Beatrix Potter and her fun characters.
I love Carrie Turansky ‘s books. Thanks for your great generosity.
I would like to win A Very English Christmas
Out of all three novellas, the one I liked best was the one about Charles Dickens. It was so well written and I loved the story of his loyal friend who had to determine if his lady friend would choose him and his simple lifestyle over London and a well heeled suiter.
I like all three authors, but I choose Dickens as my favorite because I used A Christmas Carol with my seventh graders for 28years to teach forgiveness and redemption.
Beatrix Potter is my favorite. I love her pictures as well as her story’s. I bought them for my grandchildren.
The Tale of Squirrel Nurkins looks interesting. I would like to win and review
I love Beatrix Potter. I often give her books to new moms at baby showers. It is my way to encourage them to read to their children.
Wonderful newsletter! Thank you, Carrie1
I love Jane Austen. She is classic and hilarious and wrote with a passion. I also enjoy Beatrix Potter. Her stories are so adorable.
My favorite would be Charles Dickens because I loved “The Christmas Carol”.
Beatrix Potter for sure!
Jane Austin is my favorite because of her wit and banter
Tough one but Jane Austen. Her books have inspired me for so long.
I admire all 3 authors, but Beatrix Potter or Jane Austen would be my favorites. I remember checking out the tiny little Beatrix Potter books from the library when I was little, and I adore their whimsy.
Love all three! But I’ll specify Beatrix Potter because I have such a heart for children’s books!
Picking a favorite from those 3 is hard!!! I have special reasons for loving each one. If I have to choose a favorite, it would probably be Jane Austen. I’ve read her books and watched movies based on the books multiple times, and I never get tired of them. Because of her books, I love the Regency era and have read Georgette Heyer and multiple Christian novelists who write Regency era books. I think it’s the romance, the happy endings, the style and customs of the day, and the fact that she wrote what she knew. But I could give you just as many reasons why I love Dickens (though primarily The Christmas Carol and the Victorian age) and Potter!
What a wonderful giveaway. My favorite author is Charles Dickens. The novels he wrote were profound, meaningful, unforgettable and wise. His writing was an escape and gave me great pleasure and enjoyment. Even though the stories were difficult to take I learned a great deal about life.
Beatrix Potter is a fave for me and my bevy of granddaughters! Now introducing to my great granddaughter! 18 months is not too young! We
love animals ; even cheeky chipmunks!
I love both Dickens “A Christmas Carol” and Beatrix Potter’s art work! And I love Christmas stories!
I would probably say Charles Dickens since I have so many memories revolving around A Christmas Carol. 🙂
I enjoy reading all three authors. However, Beatrix Potter will always hold a special place in my heart. Every time I read one of her stories to my children or grandchildren, it brought back the warmth and love of my mother reading them to me. Feels as though she’s with me again. So beautiful.
I love all three of these authors, but my favorite is Jane Austen. Reading her books sparked my passion for classics, and led me to pursue a degree in English Literature!
I like each of the authors listed above, however I’ll say Beatrix Potter; because I enjoyed the characters she created. 🙂
I love Charles Dickens because he teaches us what is important in life and that anyone is never too far gone to change with the right influences.
My favorite of these authors is Jane Austen. I love the Regency era and Jane’s depictions. Her stories are fun to read and enjoyable.
After reading Linda Lear’s biography of Beatrix Potter, I was obsessed! Beatrix Potter created a new form of animal fable, a magical world where anthropomorphized animals behave as real with true animal instincts and are accurately illustrated by a scientific artist. Beatrix “wove the tapestry of her memories, her travels over the landscape and north-country lore into a fanciful, entertaining tale.”
I couldn’t wait to introduce my fourth graders to this classic author! So for Christmas, I created a literary advent/adventure! I gift wrapped the Beatrix Potter collection and each day a student got to pick a gift to unwrap from our Santa bag. We then projected a crackling fire as ambiance on our screen and read the book aloud to the class! While the gift unwrapping was fun, the unboxing of our imaginations was the true joy! Merry Christmas and may your New Year “Bea” joyful one!
What a beautiful and creative experience you provided for your fourth graders! I would love to hear more about this. I’ll have to look up Lear’s biography, too!
I’d have to choose Beatrix Potter as my favorite. Always a child at heart!❤️ Children keep things simply & not complicated. I want to enjoy life like that.
Austen is my favorite. I just love her heroines and the families in her stories.
I have not read any of this authors before but would love the Otto read them.
Oh gosh, I love all three authors–but if I must choose, I really enjoy reading Dickens. I especially love A Christmas Carol. If you have never listened to the audiobook narrated by Tim Curry, do yourself a favor this season and listen!
I choose Beatrix Potter–for the simplicity of her storytelling, the beautiful illustrations, and the kind, whimsical learning lessons she expressed.
Beatrix Potter is my favorite of the above listed authors, because her art is so lovely, and her stories bring me back to my childhood.
I enjoy Charles Dickens writing style.
My favorite is Jane Austen. I love her wit and humor.
I like all of the authors, but my favorite is Charles Dickens. His writing really makes me pause and think.
Of the ones mentioned, I like Charles Dickens because he really captured the spirit and atmosphere of his times. (But my fave English author is George Eliot! Her stories just move me emotionally and her descriptions of people & places makes it so easy to imagine as you’re reading).
Good morning, I like all three of the authors , but my favorite story is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, so I would have to say Charles Dickens on this one. Have a Great day. Thank you for the chance.
It’s really hard to choose, but I’d have to say Charles Dickens is my favorite out of the three because A Christmas Carol is a timeless reminder that none of us are ever too far gone from God’s saving grace and mercy.
Jane Austen is my favorite. Her writings are timeless.
Jane Austen. She was so ahead of her time and her stories never fail to bring joy!
Jane Austin or Beatrix Potter, how could I choose, love both!
I guess A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens would be my favorite. Every year it’s a tradition on Christmas Eve to watch the movie. Our son Comes over & the guys especially will be glued to the movie screen. I have the responsibility of providing brownies & popcorn. If the kids are away at the in-laws it’s arranged as soon as they are back in town. Each year it’s arranged to take turns gathering with the parents either for Christmas Day or right after.
Thank you for this opportunity.
Of the three British authors I pick Charles Dickens as my favorite, simply because I love A Christmas Carol. A very lovely story. I also enjoyed the movies! Thank you for the generous giveaway!
Carrie Turansky is my favorite of the authors as I recently was able to read through her McAlister Family series. Since I was a little girl, and discovered the Orphan Train Quartet in a library, I have enjoyed learning about both orphan trains and mail-order brides. The historical facts behind the British Home Children being exported to Canada was new for me. I found myself aching and crying at times at the injustices the innocent children had to endure. Not to mention living relatives…
The sweet romances definitely helped soothe the angst I felt towards some of the characters and their actions. Of course, Turansky did a beautiful job of writing the HEA! Thanks for the opportunity to participate in this book giveaway!
Beatrix Potter would be my favorite because I just love the gorgeous illustrations. After seeing Jennifer’s comment, I understand why. Now I need to get a copy of Linda Lear’s biography of Beatrix Potter. Thank you Jennifer!
I love all three authors, but, like many others, if I had to pick just one, it would be Jane Austen. I’ve read each of her books several times and seen all the movies and TV shows. I love the humor that she sneaks into her stories. It’s incredible how popular she remains after all these years. I wish she had lived long enough to write more books!
I would say Charles Dickens would be my favorite author. I really loved A Christmas Carol. Read the book. Watched the movie. Thanks for a chance to win.
I am a Charles Dickens fan and have read most of his novels. His writing style and imagination keep me turning back to reread his work.
I like read books thanks for chance to win
I love Beatrix Potter because I love bunnies. All her illustrations are darling which brings a smile to my soul!
I love Jane Austin”s fierce female characters. I also love how she is able to draw the reader into the historical time period.
I am a fan of all three of these authors, Jane Austen for stories and how much they inspired other authors to write these clean wonderful stories as well. Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol is always a must read and watching the movies, and Beatrix Potter for her lively stories and really cute drawings. Thanks so much for the giveaways!
I love them all as a young girl it was Beatrix Potter and her furry creatures that I loved but as I got older I fell in love with Dickens A Christmas Carol and Jane Austen was so romantic for a teen girl with a love of historic romance.
I have enjoyed reading the works of all these classic authors, but if I have to choose just one, it would be Jane Austen because her books can be considered historical romance, my favorite genre.
I have enjoyed reading all of these authors so much. My favorite is Jane Austen for her historical romance. I also enjoy Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol very much. When I was growing up, Beatrix Potter was my favorite, because of all the tales about furry creatures.
Your new book sounds so good! All of those authors are excellent and I really don’t have a favorite, but I’ll say Jane Austen if I have to pick one. Thanks for the chance!
I love all 3 authors! I’m going to pick Beatrix Potter, though, because she’s been a part of my life ever since I can remember, and in my 3 daughter’s lives. Little Golden Books of Peter Rabbit were and are awesome.
I would have to say that Charles Dickens is one of my favorites! My husband and I have DVD’s of three of the Christmas Carol versions that we actually watch year round:).
I am a fan of the works of Jane Austen. One of my favorite books is Prde and Prejudice.
I like her because she describes her characters so completely-their humor, their wants and desires and their need to be accepted by their community. She gives them challenges and then craftily helps them ways to achieve results.
I love all three of these authors, but my favorite is Jane Austen. Her stories are timeless and spot on about relationships.
I am only familiar with Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and Beatrix Potter’s Tales of Peter Rabbit. I find it hard to choose between the two. A Christmas Carol is a holiday classic when it comes to movies and has great lessons in how we should live. Tales of Peter Rabbit is more for children but also contains lessons in how we should behave/act.
I have fond memories of reading Beatrix Potter’s books, or rather having them read to me by my mother, as a youngster. I loved looking at the illustrations as Mother read to me, and I cherished the time I was cuddled up to my mother!
Jane Austen, I feel like I’m actually there when reading her book. Every year, I read Christmas books from November through the end of December. Love the holiday season.
I remember my mother reading Beatrix Potter tales to my sister and I when we were young and enjoying all the adventures of the various animals as well as the charming illustrations. I remember rooting for Peter Rabbit to evade Mr. Macgregor and make it home safe. Enjoying stories like these is what inspired my lifelong love of reading.
Jane Austin is my favorite of those listed. I also have a soft spot for Beatrix Potter as I read many of her stories to my children many years ago!
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My favorite British author is Jane Austen. She has written some amazing works that I’ve enjoyed reading through the years.
To be honest, I can’t choose one over the others as a favorite author. They are each unique in their own way. I enjoy any of them if I sit down with a book for the enjoyment of the written word in the style of the author.
I loved reading Jane Austen in Highschool. We read Pride and Prejudice in my Lit class. In college I read Sense and Sensibility and then decided to read Emma. I wanted to learn more about her and read a biography that told about her early life. I think she was brave to turn down an offer of marriage at a time when that was highly expected of young women. Focusing on her writings made her more aware of other things than just an English home. She was remarkable and very talented. I have also read Dickens and Beatrix Potter to my children and grandchildren. But Austen is someone I just wanted to keep for me.
I don’t have a favorite. I’ve never read any of their books.
I like all of them! Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and Beatrix Potter! When we were in England we toured both Jane Austin’s home and Beatrix Potter’s home. That was so much fun.
Beatrix Potter is my favorite. All artists are creatives, but I just think it takes a certain artistic bent and mindset to write a children’s book.
Beatrix Potter
Fond memories of my mother reading the little books at our nap time.
All of them are great but I would have to pick Jane Austen since I love her books, especially Pride and Prejudice.
I love Beatrix Potter’s books. They were fun to read to my children, and now with my grandchildren. She was so imaginative and the artwork is lovely. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
You are all so sweet. I love the idea of the illustrated Charles Dickens book. Thank you so much for the opportunity. God bless you all.
I think these were all awesome writers to be included in these stories, and each author did a wonderful job of incorporating them into her story. I can’t really pick a favorite since they are so diverse. I enjoyed all the stories so much.
I love Charles Dickens books. He makes you feel like you are in the town where the story takes place. “A Christmas Carol” is a gem. for the season and any time for a good read.
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I love to hear or read the story of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. What a great story of redemption and hope.
Beatrix Potter would be my favorite because I remember reading the books to my daughter and her loving them. Now my granddaughter is a fan.
Of the three, my favorite is Jane Austen. Ever since I read “Pride and Prejudice”, I was hooked. I love how she describes her characters. You can almost see and hear them in the room with you. She’s wonderful at pointing out the absurdities in people (though not hurting their feelings) and in life.
I love everything Jane Austen! The romance, historical timeframe, and the sweet, charming stories.
Although all three of those authors have given us a very special part of themselves in their work, I find Beatrix Potter’s life story especially inspiring!
I love Beatrix Potter and the memories of childhood the stories bring.
I am reading Jane Austen and would be interested in her prayers. Thank you for your many contributions for our literature enjoyment.
I love the idea behind this novella collection. I love all three of the author characters mentioned, so picking one is difficult. (I may have to buy a few copies for my girlfriends for Xmas.)
A Christmas Carol would be wonderful to win! I watch the movie every year. I watch all different ones of them. One of my favorite stories.
Beatrix Potter was read to me for years as my bedtime story, so I have a special fondness for the text and illustrations.
I love Jane Austen, and my favorite of hers is Persuasion! Although I do also love Beatrix Potter!
My favorite is Charles Dickens. I love Christmas and A Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas story.
I love Charles Dickens. Thank you for sharing. Blessings
I’m a food historian- Charles Dickens is and always will be my favorite. A man far ahead of his time.
Beatrix Potter is my favorite of the 3. Her personal story is so intriguing. Her illustrations and her stories are charming and relatable.
I got to read books by Beatrix Potter and Charles Dickens during my school days. However, I did not really discover Jane Austen until the famous 5-part TV series of “Pride and Prejudice” came out in the nineties. Both that version, as well as the original book, really brought out her unique voice as an author of the Regency period, as well as her skillful command of the English language. So, she has meanwhile become my favorite of the three authors.
I love Beatrix Potter and the characters in her books. She makes them come alive.
Congratulations on the release of A Very English Christmas!
I like all three authors, but I would have to say that Jane Austin is my favorite. I enjoy.her emphasis on family, and how she draws you into her historical romances. She definitely introduced me to one of my favorite reading time periods, the Regency.Era. Pride & Prejudice, and Sense & Sensibility are two of my favorites
As an elementary school teacher, the Beatrix Potter book interests me, but personally I’m interested in The Prayers of Jane Austen.
I like all three authors but especially Charles Dickens. His Christmas Story was one I seemed to read every Christmas season as a young girl. I liked hid characters a lot.
I love all three authors. But Jane Austin is my favorite, because her dialogues between characters are excellent. I also like to watch anything that converts her stories to a movie as longas they do her works justice.
I like Beatrix Potter because her illustrations are so calming and lovely to look at. I also like Charles Dickens’ stories simply for the writing style.
Of those three authors, Beatrix Potter is my favorite. I read those little books to my daughter, beginning when she was still nursing. She loved them too. I don’t remember now how many months old she was when she laughed at something funny in The Tale of Mrs. Tiggle-Winkle. She was young enough that I wasn’t sure she really made the connection, but when I repeated whatever it was, she stopped nursing and laughed again. She continues to be a book lover.
I love Jane Austen. Her books are timeless and so enjoyable.
Jane Austen for her characters
That’s a tough one, but I would have to say Charles Dickens is my favorite, simply because of “A Christmas Carol.” Of course, I also loved Oliver Twist and many others, but my former students and I loved reading and acting out “A Christmas Carol” for years.
Charles Dickens – timely – since Christmas is right around the corner!
Probably Beatrix Potter since I’ve actually read her books! 😁 I do like watching Jane Austen movies though!! 😊
I love all of these authors. But Jane Austen is my favorite, because the dialogues between her characters are excellent. I also like her books made into movies as long as they do justice to her work.
Beatrix Potter’s life story tugs at my heartstrings. Her sweet stories and artistry scratch just the surface of her true ability. The tragedy of her love story is so very sad.
Charles Dickens because he captures the soul of the story and you along with it.
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey is one of my favorite underrated classics!
The Prayers of Jane Austen, is an interest. Recently purchased The Book of Common Prayer. Others prayers could be a bookmark to my own.
Charles Dickens, I really love A Christmas Carol
Oh no! I love each of these authors, but I gravitate towards Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility is my favorite. My favorite authors write stories that are set in that same time period.
I like all of these authors. I’ve read all of Jane Austen’s books and several speculative historical fiction books about her life. I also enjoyed Beatrix Potter’s stories and illustrations. I bought a collection of her miniature books for each of my grandchildren. Thank you for the giveaway. Looking forward to this collection.
I have read every Jane Austen book, and watched every movie based on her books, so “The Prayers of Jane Austen” would be my favorite. Although Beatrix Potter’s “The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin” is a close favorite. And the squirrel garden flag is adorable!
I love Beatrix Potters’ wit and art! Thank you all for the giveaways!
Dickens is my favorite of the three but it is a close call. My favorite book by him is A Tale of Two Cities. But his others have such fun wit in them although they are about serious subjects.
Oh it has to be Beatrice Potter my Auntie use to read her books to me as a child.
Jane Austen is my favorite author of the books listed. I love her way of telling the stories.
All of these are great. Would love to read the prayers of Jane Austen.
Jane Austen is my favorite of the three. Her stories are told with such elegant simplicity, with lessons to be learned in each.
I Love all 3 of these Authors I would Love to win a print copy of A Very English Christmas Thank you for this amazing giveaway!
All of these are great would love to win a print copy of The Very English Christmas Thank you for the chance!
I’m completely torn between Charles Dickens and Beatrix Potter.
CD would represent those years of my growing up and BP was ever present as I read to my own children. Her artwork also decorated the nursery and I still have the picture 38 yrs later. I’m leaning toward her only for the sentiment. There are wonderful memories of each.
And then, there’s Jane Austin! How can we choose just one?
I love Charles Dickens the most and A Christmas Carol is my favorite book of his, I read it, listen to the audio version every year.
I am looking forward to reading A Very English Christmas!
Charles Dickens. He was the first of the three I discovered and that happened when I was in 9th grade. I was used to books where I could guess the ending way to soon, but he kept me wondering and reading with anticipation to the very end. He was also such a descriptive author of the settings, environment, mood, and people in his books.
(I want to add that another British author became a favorite several years before I read any Dickens when I fell in love with Philippa Pearce’s book Tom’s Midnight Garden.)
I just love reading Jane Austen I love, Charles Dickens is good and so is Beatrix Potter I discovered when I was raising my daughter (she’s 26 years old now).
I enjoy Dickens but read Beatrix Potter to my children when they were young.
I did my senior thesis on the works of Austen and Bronte and they remain my favorite authors decades later.
Beatrix Potter is my favorite author. I have loved her books since childhood.
I love all three authors, but since I have to choose, I pick Beatrix Potter. She beat the odds in her time period and found a way to succeed with her books and art work. She didn’t give up and succeeded at publishing her books in color, which was a first. Beatrix also saved her community by buying land and it is still preserved today because of what she did. I also love how she animated animals because animals truly have individual personalities.
Jane Austen because she has great insight and humor.
I love all 3 writers, but A Christmas Carol has been a favorite for years.
I love Beatrix Potter. I spent many hours reading her books with my children and we all loved them.
Out of all three novellas, the one I liked best was the one about Charles Dickens. It was so well written and I loved the story of his loyal friend who had to determine if his lady friend would choose him and his simple lifestyle over London and a well heeled suiter.
I admire all three authors, with a bit more leaning towards Jane Austen and Beatrix Potter. There is always warm feelings when reading Beatrix Potter.
Hands down! I devoured Jane Austen from my earliest memories. My mom read to our family in the evenings as we huddled in blankets around our fireplace. Simply the BEST memories! And Jane with her remarkable characters a stand out.
Thank you for being part of this. I will tell my friends of this special collection
Jane Austin is my favorite of the three. Pride and Prejudice is my favorite! 🙂
I like Beatrix Potter the best. I love her tiny books to read to children. The illustrations are exquisite.
Congratulations!!!
I enjoyed both Jane Austen and Charles Dickens stories.
I think Charles Dickens is my favorite. A Christmas Carol was a really moving story.
It’s Dickens by a landslide…Christmas Carol, of course, but A Tale of Two Cities has some of the world’s most sublime character studies and writing.
I love all three of these wonderful authors, but I have a special place in my heart for Beatrix Potter. When I was a little girl, my Mom used to tell me the story of Peter Rabbit. Then when our first child was born, a sweet lady gave me a beautiful illustrated book of the stories of Beatrix Potter. I read those lovely stories over and over again to our four children and then to our five grandchildren when they were little. I would love to receive the little garden flag and the story book and the lovely Christmas book, too!
I love all three of these wonderful authors, but I have a special place in my heart for Beatrix Potter. When I was a little girl, my Mom used to tell me the story of Peter Rabbit. Then when our first child was born, a sweet lady gave me a beautiful illustrated book of the stories of Beatrix Potter. I read those lovely stories over and over again to our four children and then to our five grandchildren when they were little. I would love to receive the little garden flag and the story book and the lovely Christmas book, too!
Such a hard choice. I would have to say Jane Austen. I am intrigued with how her work remains relative over the centuries.
I enjoy Jane Austen, although I haven’t read many of her books, but I do enjoy watching the movies based off her books! I also enjoyed Beatrix Potter books when I was young. Her characters are so cute!
All three are great, but Jane Austen would be my favorite. She is a great romance writer and I love the wit and humor she slips into her books.
Jane Austen is my favorite. I think her writing is so good and witty! I love her books and everything that has come since all inspired by her and her writing!