Book Club Discussion Questions for Windsor Christmas Tales

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Enjoy our discussion questions from a selection of the Windsor Christmas Tales Stories:

A Windsor Christmas Carol

Beldame

Why do you think the protagonist rescues her Mistress from the fire, instead of hiding somewhere safe, or running away?
How important to the story is the idea of being born ‘evil’?
Only one man is shown in the story. How would the presence of more male characters have hindered or expanded it?

Festive Spirit

Did you guess who the “Rose” character represented before you got to the end of the story?
Why do you think the author chose this person specifically to be central in the story?
What do you think was the author’s reason for choosing an aristocrat as the homeless person, rather than, for example, a drug addict or ex-criminal?

To Bite The Hand That Feeds

Do you think To Bite The Hand That Feeds is a suitable title. Can you suggest an alternative one
Would you behave as expected of you? Would you rebel…and if so, in what way?
Why is getting married into the Royal Family considered a ‘fairy-tale’? Why do you think it often goes wrong?
Why is the idea of ‘transformation’ so important in fairy-tales?
Do you think institutions like the Royal Family are ripe for satire? Are there others you can think of?

Miss Bunne Takes a Trip

Miss Bunne, a morally upright woman, steals a car. What motivation or experiences make this decision acceptable to her?
Eileen Bunne was happily married until her bereavement. At that point she reverted to the title Miss. Why was doing this important to her and how might it affect others’ perceptions of her?
The opening and closing paragraphs of this story are set in the present. Why did the author choose this tense and what effect does it have on the reader/story?

The Tempest of The Thames

Why do you think the Windsor Forest poem extract is chosen to introduce the story?
Do you think Anton has valid reasons for abandoning his wife and children?
Anton refers to his lifebuoys several times throughout the story. What lifebuoys do you have in your life?

Windsor Christmas Tales is available from Amazon as a handy Kindle edition or as a beautiful paperback with colour illustrations.