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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Chiaverini, Jennifer.
Christmas bells : a novel / Jennifer Chiaverini.—First edition.
pages ; cm
ISBN 978-0-698-40709-1
1. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807–1882—Fiction. 2. Women teachers—Fiction. 3. Christmas stories. I. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807–1882. Christmas bells. II. Title.
PS3553.H473C47 2015
813'.54—dc23
2015009505
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. The author’s use of names of historical figures, places, or events are not intended to change the entirely fictional character of the work. In all other respects, any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.