A Christmas Dream, and How It Came Tr..., Louisa May Alcott
A Christmas Dream, and How It Came Tr..., Louisa May Alcott
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A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Narrator: Susie Berneis

Unabridged: 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/26/2017


Synopsis

In A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True, Ten-year-old Effie lives a comfortable life and experiences Christmases filled with delicious treats and wonderful toys. One night she has a dream that forever changes the meaning of Christmas for her. Encountering a group of underprivileged children, she is inspired to give them a Christmas they will never forget.

About Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was a prolific American author known for her novel, Little Women, and its sequels, Little Men and Jo's Boys. She received instruction from several famous authors, including Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, and she is commonly considered to be the foremost female novelist of the Gilded Age.

About Susie Berneis

Susie Berneis is a versatile voiceover artist with numerous narration credits to her name. She has an ear for dialect and a love for the process of developing characters, which has been cultivated through her twenty-plus years of experience as a community and regional stage actress. Based in Ann Arbor (home of the University of Michigan, where she received her BA in English and theatre), she now takes great joy in playing all the characters she encounters in her narration.


Reviews

“I'm so tired of Christmas I wish there never would be another one!" exclaimed a discontented-looking little girl…” "Why are you tired of what should be the happiest time of all the year?" asked mamma, anxiously.” “Perhaps I shouldn't be if I had something new. But it is always the same, and there isn......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

A very touching story with a “Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens reference. It’s a nice story to read to kids to showcase that they should appreciate how fortunate they are and to think of others.......more

Goodreads review by Puck

"Never give up your faith in the sweet old stories, even after you come to see that they are only the pleasant shadow of a lovely truth." My poor teeth! I know Alcott writes pure, moralistic stories (looking at you, Little Women) but this one was so sweet it gave me cavities. It could've done w......more