Christmas at the Little Clock House on the Green. Eve Devon

      

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      ISBN: 9780008211059

      Ebook Edition © September 2017

      Version 2019-03-27

      For Dad. For teaching your children that the world is full of amazing places and that life is for living.

      ‘If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad’ – Jane Austen

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Epigraph

       Chapter 1: The Grandfather of All Clock-Ups

       Chapter 2: Crouching Dragon, Hidden Bartender

       Chapter 3: Pity and Pitiful

       Chapter 4: Think Positivi-Tea

       Chapter 5: Geeks Bearing GIFs

       Chapter 6: Season’s Greetings

       Chapter 7: Making Cow Eyes

       Chapter 8: The Art of Conversation

       Chapter 9: And the Fairy-Light Dawns…

       Chapter 10: Grand Designs

       Chapter 11: Heart of Glass

      

       Chapter 12: Mince Pies on the Prize

      

       Chapter 13: The Holly (wood), and The Knightley

      

       Chapter 14: Lights, Camera, Action: Scything!

      

       Chapter 15: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

      

       Chapter 16: Sleigh-Bells Ring, Are You Listening?

      

       Chapter 17: Snow Way, Snow How

      

       Chapter 18: A Knightley at Pemberley

      

       Chapter 19: Moving Im-PEDI-ments