Timeline
Lifetime:
1822 -
1912
Passed: ≈
113 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
John Leighton
Books by John Leighton
Christmas Comes but Once a Year
Satire
Comedy
Novel
Family
19th century
Christmas
Social Satire
England
Music
social commentary
Humor
Victorian era
Organist
Suburban Life
Holiday Tradition
This novel, set in the mid-19th century, centers around the eccentric characters inhabiting a wealthy, yet seemingly dysfunctional, Victorian household during the Christmas season. John Brown's family embodies the superficiality of the upper-class, w...