The Burglar's Christmas

by Willa Cather

Overview

In Willa Cather’s The Burglar's Christmas”, a young drifter finds himself alone on Christmas Eve, penniless and starving. Though he has failed at everything in life, including crime, he decides to break into a home and rob it to raise money for food. When he is caught in the act by the lady of the house, they both come to a terrible realization. The burglar’s desperate act leads to a transformative act of holiday love and charity. First published in Home Monthly in 1896.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781974928200
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	09/18/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	61
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Willa Siebert Cather (1873-1947) was an American author and Pulitzer Prize winner. She was noted for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I.

Date of Birth:

December 7, 1873

Date of Death:

April 27, 1947

Place of Birth:

Winchester, Virginia

Place of Death:

New York, New York

Education:

B.A., University of Nebraska, 1895