Joseph in the Snow and The Clockmaker

Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker by Berthold Auerbach JOSEPH IN THE SNOW, AND THE CLOCKMAKER. BY AUERBACH. TRANSLATED BY LADY WALLACE IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. III. LONDON: SAUNDERS, OTLEY, AND CO., 66, BROOK STREET, HANOVER SQUARE. 1861. LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,
AND CHARING CROSS.CONTENTS OF VOL. III. CHAPTER XXIII. The first Nail knocked in, Peace in the House, and the first Sunday
Guest CHAPTER XXIV. Ancient Heirlooms are dismissed, and a new Tone pr...

Best descriptions of winter weather in literature

Oh, the weather outside is frightful! But the reading is so delightful… Weather (sorry) or not you love the snow—blanketing your driveway, stalling your subway lines—it’s hard to deny that there have been some pretty darn good descriptions of it in literature, the kind that make you want to curl up by the fire (or, in my case, the space heater). Personally, I think I like winter weather best when it’s on the page and not the thing standing between me and the closest bar or the corner bodega w...