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matchless a christmas story
p every year npr asks a writer to compose an original story with a christmas theme . in 2008 gregory maguire reinvented the hans christian andersen classic the little match girl for a new time and new audiences . p when it was first translated from danish and published in england in the mid nineteenth century audiences likely interpreted the little match girl & 8242 ; s dying visions of lights and a grandmother in heaven as metaphors of religious salvation . maguire & 8242 ; s new piece entitled matchless reilluminates andersen & 8242 ; s classic using his storytelling magic to rekindle andersen & 8242 ; s original intentions and to suggest transcendence the permanence of spirit and the continuity that links the living and the dead .
hardcover william morrow & company 2009 isbn13 9780061913013 isbn10 0061913014
abridged n isbn 13 9780061913013 number in series 1 number of pages 112 publisher harpercollins childrens books release date 62135769600000