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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aKirkland, Winifred Margaretta,
_d1872-1943
245 1 4 _aThe Christmas Bishop
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2022-07-23
508 _aCharlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"The Christmas Bishop" by Winifred Margaretta Kirkland is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a Bishop who reflects on his life and the themes of love, loss, and the enduring spirit of Christmas as he navigates his memories and relationships in the town of Westbury. This poignant tale delves into the Bishop's personal struggles with grief and the weight of his duties as he approaches another Christmas without his loved ones. At the start of the novel, we see the Bishop waking on Christmas morning, filled with tender memories of his past, especially of his late wife and daughter. The opening establishes a dreamlike quality as he recalls his imaginative visions of a lost child seeking acceptance in a sorrowful city, juxtaposed against his own feelings of loneliness. Through his introspective thoughts, we learn about the Bishop's connection to Westbury, the town’s unchanged beauty, and his deep yearning for connection and reconciliation with those in his community. The narrative introduces Mrs. Graham, the Bishop's housekeeper, who is struggling with her own emotional turmoil regarding her estranged family, setting the stage for themes of forgiveness and healing during the holiday season. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Small, Maynard and Company, 1913
653 _aChristmas stories
653 _aClergy -- Fiction
653 _aBishops -- Fiction
700 1 _aMorrison, Louise G.
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/christmasbishop00kirk/page/n9/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68590
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