Mr Darcy and the Christmas Pudding by Alex Field and Peter Carnavas

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First published in Australia 2014

by New Frontier Publishing Pty Ltd ABN 67 126 171 757 Suite 3, Level 2, 18 Aquatic Drive, Frenchs Forest, NSW 2086, Australia www.newfrontier.com.au Text copyright Š 2014 Alex Field Illustration copyright Š 2014 Peter Carnavas This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Enquiries should be addressed to the publishers.

All rights reserved.

National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Author: Field, Alex, 1971- author.

Title: Mr Darcy and the Christmas Pudding / written by Alex Field; illustrated by Peter Carnavas.

ISBN: 9781925059137 (hardback) Subjects: Christmas stories.

Other Authors/Contributors: Carnavas, Peter, 1980- illustrator.

Dewey Number: A823.4 Designed by Celeste Hulme 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Written by Alex Field Illustrated by Peter Carnavas

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For Mum, with all my love. AF For Peter and Sophia, with heartfelt thanks for all you have done. PC

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Christmas is the very best time of year, thought Mr Darcy.

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Snow was falling as he hung the mistletoe over his front door, making sure that there were enough berries for everyone.

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Perched on top of the ladder, Mr Darcy looked across Pemberley Park. Mr Collins was shivering behind the shed with his beady eyes firmly fixed on something.

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