What with people not being allowed to visit their loved ones for Christmas – except if the loved one was dying – and, while we’re at it, not being allowed to get marry either – except if the bride or the groom was dying – coronavirus made for a pretty miserable Christmas for lot of people.
(Like those lorry drivers for example stuck in the UK in their lorries.)
Recommended Reading for a Miserable Chrismas:
So… here’s a reading list to consider while you’re stuck in your freezing lorry, in a hospital/hospice/care home without visiting hours or alone in a flat with the enormous turkey that the family who were meant to eat it can only admire via Facetime…
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
- Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
- The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac
- Germinal by Émile Zola
As a particular favour to all those trapped lorry drivers who cannot just pick a book off the shelves, most of these books are old enough and famous enough to be available for free online reading on Project Gutenberg! 🙂