The Cricket on the Hearth by Dickens, Charles (9781483703244)

The Cricket on the Hearth

by Dickens, Charles

Paperback - English

Charles Dickens' The Cricket on the Hearth, A Fairy Tale of Home is a novella about John Peerybingle, a carrier, his wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket on the hearth constantly chirps and acts as a guardian angel to the family. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up lodging at Peerybingle's house. Like A Christmas Carol and The Chimes, in The Cricket on the Hearth there is a moral message along with a warm holiday feeling.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

148370324X

EAN

9781483703244

Publisher

BOTTOM OF THE HILL PUB

Publication Date

01 Oct 2013

Pages

Weight (kg)

0.14

Dimensions (cm)

22.4 x 15.0 x 1.0

About Author

Arguably one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens is the author of such literary masterpieces as A Tale of Two Cities (1859), A Christmas Carol (1843), David Copperfield (1850), and The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1839), among many others. Dickens' s indelible characters and timeless stories continue to resonate with readers around the world more than 130 years after his death. Dickens was born in 1812 and died in 1870.