14. ‘The Beggar Boy at Christ’s Christmas Tree’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky

From webinars to coffee, to reading funding guides and poetry, to uni - I have all sorts of things to do. It’s the week before Christmas so it’s hectic.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I can’t wait for a bit of free time over Christmas. I already know I will be doing stuff, but let me lie to myself. A girl can dream.

‘The Beggar Boy at Christ’s Christmas Tree’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky

This is a story quite similar to ‘The Little Match Girl’. Just as heartbreaking and beautifully written. What I love about it is that Dostoevsky places it at the border between real and fictional, and that really adds to its power.

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