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.
My favorite British author is Jane Austen. I loved her books because of how she understood and portrayed her characters and showed all sides of their character. She truly understood human nature!
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Charles Dickens is my favorite because my son looks forward to seeing A Christmas Carol either in movie form or a live play every year during Christmas time. It’s become a Christmas tradition with us. Dickens has a special way of capturing the reader no matter what age we are.
Charles Dickens
I really do adore Jane Austin’s stories but I have to say Beatrix Potter. Her stories are great for all ages and her artwork is so whimsical bringing the stories to life. I decorated my daughter’s nursery with Beatrix Potter story characters and the baby shower was the same theme. I am now homeschooling my daughter, who is 10, and we’ve re-read her books and also studied her as an artist and author. Beatrix Potter was a truly remarkable and talented woman.
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.
My favorite British author is Jane Austen. I loved her books because of how she understood and portrayed her characters and showed all sides of their character. She truly understood human nature!
I enjoy Charles Dickens. Every Season I watch the Christmas Carol like I did as a young girl with my father. My first experience was years ago to watch it as a play at Radio City Music Hall with my school made such a great impression on me I will never forget.
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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
It is difficult to choose one favorite.I enjoy Jane Austen for capturing the human condition, Beatrix Potter evokes childhood memories, and Charles Dickens are thought provoking.
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.
Jane Austen is a favorite author of mine. Her stories have had a lasting impact on my reading life. She has inspired so many other authors I love as well.
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.
Big fan of Jane System’s books. I love how she understands her characters and how they play out in her books. Thanks for this amazing chance.
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.
Out of the three, I have to go with Beatrix Potter as her books and stories surround me with so many memories!! From the long ago voice of my mother reading to me, to my children cuddled up as I read to them, and now listening to my daughters read to my grandchildren, or my reading to them as I babysit. Her books have been loved for multiple generations of our family! ❤️
I’d have to say Beatrice Potter as I grew up being read her stories by my Mum. Lovely books I still treasure!
I have always loved Beatrix Potter. Her whimsical stories are a delight.
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
Beatrix Potter – I was so enthralled with her books as a child and the illustrations are so timeless and beautiful 😍
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.
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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.
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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!
I really like Charls Dickens Christmas books; a Christmas Carol is just so Christmasy and I really liked reading one of his books about seven strangers all in a hotel telling stories. I also love reading Once Upon a Dickens Christmas, I read this one every year.
They are all great, but I have a special place in my heart for Beatrix Potter. I remember my mom taking me to a program at the library when I was very small, for a program about Beatrix Potter. I love her books and the illustrations are adorable! I am a big fan of bunnies/rabbits and squirrels!
Jane Austen will always be my go-to author when I want a familiar and lovely read.
Jane Austin is one of my favorite authors. I love her writing and her characters. And an added bonus: I just found out from looking into my ancestry that she is my 4th cousin!
Thank you for the chance. All of these are great authors but my favorite would be Beatrix Potter. I have lived some of her other books but have not read this one. I have Three little great grandsons I could share it with.
I so wish I could have had a conversation with Beatrix Potter. As a children’s authour myself, I admire her precious writings and art skills, so dear. Last month I had the honor of visiting her wonderful home at Hilltop, thanks to her generosity in leaving her home and land to the National Trust. It was such a joy to be there and see some of her original writings. I just know she and I would have had dear conversations in the parlor and she would have shared helpful writing tips. Kindred spirits, yes, we are!
I adore Beatrix Potter and always read her stories to my children when they were little. They are books I will keep forever. We even have a DVD of the stories that BBC released several years ago. It is one of the cutest things anyone could watch. Best of all, my oldest son shares his birthday with Beatrix!
Charles Dickens, followed closely by Jane Austen. As I get older, I gain a newer appreciation of the great redemption message in A Christmas Carol!
Connie
Such a great selection of authors! The best! I’ll say I love Beatrix Potter because her litter critters are so endearing and I loved them as a child. I loved the names she chose as well. What charming books she wrote for children and adults alike.
Beatrix Potter is a favorite. I enjoyed reading them to my children and now my grandchildren.
Such a hard choice as each author is one of my favorites. I guess right now it would be Beatrix Potter because of the sweet memories of reading her books to my children when they were little and now I am reading them to my two year old grandson.
Beatrix Potter is my favorite because who doesn’t love her stories? Besides, those squirrels on the flag and book are darling! We have a huge oak tree in our front yard that all the neighborhood squirrels visit. They’re so fun to watch as they scurry up, down, and all around the branches!
I believe Jane Austen. I like Dickens too, a lot, but the dialogues in Austen’s books are absolutely brilliant. I so enjoy r adding the exchanges between her characters.
Jane Austen is my favorite author of all time! I just love her subtle sarcasm and snarkiness in a time where women were supposed to be prim and proper.
A Victorian Christmas Tale by Carrie Turansky is my favorite. I love traditional Christmas books.
Love them all for different reasons. Kids books – Beatrix Potter, what is not to love?! Fancy tea parties and balls – Jane Austen, how fun! Classic English stories – Charles Dickens, always!
It’s hard to pick a favorite, but in the end I would choose Charles Dickens. I love “The Christmas Carol”, and I am moved each Christmas season when we reread it or watch the movie. What a wonderful man for his time!
Jane Austen forever and always! I’ve always been such and a fan of hers so reading books that nod back to her writing is a treat!
If I have to choose only one it would be Jane Austin.
Beatrix Potter for sure; nothing g beats out Peter Rabbit for me! 😊
Charles Dickens
Because of the impact he had
Charles Dickens wins for me. A Christmas Carol is such a part of my yearly traditions.
This collection sounds wonderful. Thank you for the giveaway opportunity.
I’m interested in all three books because I like the ideas of faith joy and strength are traits we all need and share. I hope I win
I like all of the authors listed but if I have to choose one, it would be Jane Austen. I haven’t read any of her books since high school, but I really enjoyed them at that time
These stories all sound wonderful & I can’t wait to read them. My favorite of these is Beatrix Potter, since I was a girl and read her stories multiple times.
I can’t decide between Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. My children and I love them both equally!
My family and I watch Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol evry Christmas. However, I have never read any of his books. Thank you for the opportunity to win books.
Beatrix Potter, I mean that’s a classic children’s book she wrote (Peter Rabbit)
Beatrix Potter was always a sweet favorite throughout childhood. I always felt so sorry for Peter Rabbit! ☺️
Beatrix Potter is my favorite of those, reminding me of my childhood and the childhood’s of my children and grandchildren. As an English major, I’ve probably read more of Dickens though.
I want another chance at reading Jane Austen. I couldn’t get into her books the first time.
I love them all but absolutely adore all things Beatrix Potter.
Jane Austen is my favorite as i had to study her and write 4 essays about her books for my English A level back in the UK in school
Charles dickens and Beatrice potter love there story telling.
I would like nutkin cause it is something different that I haven’t read.
I have always loved Dickens, but I have come to enjoy Jane Austin, and I was raised with Potter’s books.
To be honest, I have not read books by these three but I love a good Jane Austen movie or mini-series and the Our Mutual Friend mini-series from Charles Dickens is also excellent though Dickens is a good deal darker and grittier than Austen.
A Christmas Carol in many forms are family favorites for my daughters and myself and part of our annual Christmas tradition, but Jane Austen is my favorite author of all time! I just finished rereading Pride and Prejudice again and it’s as wonderful on a reread as it was the first time I read it in high school!
I love Charles Dickens, because his books are thought provoking and capture my attention well.
Jane Austen is definitely my favorite author of the three mentioned. I try to reread her books every few years and have watched most of the movies.
I LOVE A Christmas Carol, but I recently read Pride and Prejudice for the first time, and it is definitely a new favorite!
I enjoy stories from all three authors. Beatrix Potter’s stories and illustrations are so much fun. I especially enjoy Jane Austen’s Emma which is full of good intentions gone wrong. Dickens was not afraid of revealing the bad in the world, but he also showed that good outcomes were possible.
Jane Austen. Very elegant style of writing!
Jane Austin I like her characters and how they met their challenges
I love Jane Austen. I’m part of a Facebook group that promotes Regency novels and they speak of her books often. Also, the 3 administrators write Regency novels.
Goodness … how to pick? I love Jane Austen – both her writings and all the BBC versions of them.
I have not read Dickens. I’ve watched A Christmas Carol (the George C Scott version), but that’s it.
And I read a little of Beatrix Potter when I was a kid.
So, I guess I have to go with Jane Austen!
Can’t wait to read A Very English Christmas!!
Beatrix Potter is my favorite with her artwork and adorable children’s stories.
Jane Austen is my favorite. I always loved her books.
Jane Austen is at the top of my list! She has been my favorite author since I read all her books starting in 2006.
My favorite is Beatrix Potter. I loved her books as a child!
My favorite is Beatrix Potter. The little animals are the greatest.
What a difficult decision! I love them all, but I’ll go with Dickens since The Muppets Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas movie!
That is tough! I love Jane Austen, but Beatrix Potter is such a special part of my childhood as well as that of my children.
Jane Austen – A timeless author whose stories easily translate into this era.
I love the Tale of Squirrel Nutkin & the flag is adorable! My daughter is an English teacher in a Christian school and would love The Prayers of Jane Austen!
Charles Dickens will have to win for me. I listen to a Focus on the Family DVD production of A Christmas Carol every year…sometimes several times a year. I just can’t get enough of that story. The redemption theme is timeless. So uplifting. Thank you for the opportunity to win, any of the books will be fantastic!
I fell in love with Charles Dickens when I was a preteen and borrowed a copy of Great Expectations from my small town public library. Since then, I have read the novel three times, including as part of a Dickens course in college, because I found that I took away something different each time I read it. Of course, I have read several other of the novels, but Great Expectations will always remain my favorite. Of course, as a Grandmother, I enjoy Beatrix Potter, too!
Charles Dickens is my favorite, he knows where to find adventures at every turn.
Jane Austen — Pride & Prejudice is my favorite. Although I must say, as a child, I loved Peter Rabbit.
I love them all! Jane Austen is probably my favorite though.
This is like choosing between children! I forced to choose, I’d say my favorite is probably Jane Austen, but I also love Charles Dickens & his symbol filled masterful writing, & Beatrix Potter’s darling little books were staples I’d check out from the library when I was a child over & over again.
I cannot choose between these very talented authors. Each is unique in their own genre. I love them all.
Beatrix Potter, I adore her books & they were faves in my childhood.
I love them all but I’ll pick Jane Austen because I was lucky enough to take a course dedicated to Jane Austen and George Eliot in Oxford.
I would say Jane Austen on that one – the original drama creator.
Jane Austen. I love her books and books about her.
Jane Austin is my favorite because to tell the truth I haven’t read the others.
Dickens is wonderful at description but Potter has such imaginative animal stories. I cannot choose between them.
I have so much love for Jane Austen and her wit and wisdom. But Dickens is growing on me, especially A Christmas Carol. The more I age, the more profound I find his work.
Dickens. He just always intrigues me in his descriptions.
Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility is one of my favorite stories.
I am an avid reader of Cathy Gohlke’s writings, and am unfamiliar with the above authors, but am slowly discovering Christian authors. It is so nice to read a good story without having the “dirty” in it! Today is library day, so I will look for your books!
Thanks!
Susan
I actually don’t have any favorites here, but I would love the Squirrel Nutkin book to give my twin nephews as a Christmas gift.
Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities changed my life in the 9th grade. Of course, my life has changed many times since 1969. Alas, the diversity of perspectives is rapid-fire in a world adorned with literature from across the ages, created by us mere mortals.
This is a hard choice. I love Jane Austen – her books in paperback, audible, and movie format. I also enjoy the complex story lines of Charles Dickens and have read/listened/watched several of his books. Then there’s Beatrix Potter…my childhood memories are filled with her stories, and I am trying to pass these characters onto my granddaughter. Since I spend most of my time out of the three with Austen, I’ll choose her as my favorite.
I love Jane Austen. I believe I have read nearly all the books she wrote. I love her heroines and their heroes. Jane captured every woman’s dream in finding Mr. Right. Dickens’ works are such timeless classics, A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and more, all such wonderful books.
How do I choose between Jane Austen and Charles Dickens? Miss Austen’s novels are full of wit, humor, and the challenges of being in society during that era. I love her delightful stories. A Christmas Carole by Mr Dickens has been a favorite of mine. It shows that even the hardest of hearts can find redemption. So I have to vote for both!
As a huge animal lover, my choice is Beatrix Potter. Her stories are so sweet, charming, and whimsical, and I also love that she not only was a fellow devoted journaler, but also wrote her journals in a secret code it took six years to crack.
I would say Charles Dickens, who doesn’t love A Christmas Carol?!
Beatrix Potter-sweet and teachable moments
I love Beatrix Potter! Her stories are so sweet! The pictures, the characters, the setting, and then the story lines always have a lesson. I loved reading these to my daughters when they were young!!
I have to go with Beatrix Potter and all of those adorable animals! I can’t resist!
Beatrix Potter because I read them with my daughter.
Beatrix Potter is my favorite because I loved the stories as a child and I have a daughter that does as well and the drawings are so charming.
I did my senior thesis on the works of Bronte and Austen. I have read pride and prejudice dozens of times and have listened on audio over and over.