Published in 1848, The Christmas Tree and the Wedding is a short, short story by notable Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. - AsNotedIn
The other day I saw a wedding... But no! I would rather tell you about a Christmas tree. The wedding was superb. I liked it immensely. But the other incident was still finer. I don't know why it is that the sight of the wedding reminded me of the Christmas tree. This is the way it happened:Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Christmas Tree and the Wedding
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1848/00/00 | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Author | "The Christmas Tree and the Wedding" by Fyodor Dostoevsky is published. |
| Particulars for The Christmas Tree and the Wedding (Short Story): | |||
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| People | Breeding | ancestry characteristic of the upper class or aristocracy | |
| Season | Christmas | the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, late December in the Western Church | |
| Agriculture | Christmas Tree | a pine tree decorated for Christmas | |
| Italian | Con Amore | with love, tenderness | |
| Human Attribute | Corpulent | fat person | |
| Attribute | Denude | strip something of its covering, possessions, or assets - make bare | |
| Social | Dowry | property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Clothing | Nankeen | a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Holiday | New Year's Eve | evening of December 31st | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Narrative Arts | Short Short Story | a short story that is less than 3000 words | |
| Art Type | Short Story | short form narrative fiction | |
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| Original Language: | Russian | ||
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