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The Greatest Gift - Philip Van Doren Stern
The Greatest Gift
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4.00 5
Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780957025509 (0957025505)
Publisher: Cluster Publishing Ltd
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy, Classics, Literature, Short Stories, Holiday, Christmas
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EpicFehlReader
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4.0 The Greatest Gift by Phillip Van Doren Stern
text The Greatest Gift by Phillip Van Doren Stern
For almost seventy years, people the world over have fallen in love with Frank Capra’s classic Christmas movie It’s a Wonderful Life. But few of those fans know that Capra’s film was based on a short story by author Philip Van Doren Stern, which came to Stern in a dream one night. Unable at first t...
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Carpe Librum
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★★★★★ A lot of people rate this book down because it is so much less than the movie. However, this is the original idea that was printed as a Christmas card and sent out to the author’s friends in 1943. Really, it is a short story. Neat to read the “afterword” by the author’s daughter, discussing...
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Other editions (4)
The Greatest Gift: The Original Story That Inspired the Christmas Classic It's a Wonderful Life - Philip Van Doren Stern
The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale - Philip Van Doren Stern, Andy Williams
The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale - Philip Van Doren Stern
The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale - Philip Van Doren Stern
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