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The Cricket on the Hearth

by Charles Dickens

3 · 119 pages · First published 1846

One of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books

John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket chirps on the hearth 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 for a few days.

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Subjects

English Christmas storiesShort storiesChristmas storiesSocial life and customsJuvenile fictionFictionEnglish Short storiesSocial conditionsEngland, fictionFiction, short stories (single author)British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Children's fictionFiction, romance, generalChristmas, fictionFairy talesLarge type booksDrama (dramatic works by one author)Fiction, historical, generalFiction, generalContes de fées
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Eliana Press, Sandron, General Books LLC, Lulu.com, Acento, 1998., Au Fil des Lectures
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rus, eng, fre, spa, fin, ita, ukr, chi