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- Cricket on the Hearth, The
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| # | Date | Publisher | Binding | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1846-00-00 | Bradbury and Evans |  |
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- Blurb:
- Original Title: The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home This is a short novel written by Charles Dickens as a Christmas book for 1845 but published in 1846. The title creature is a sort of barometer of life at the home of John Peerybingle and his much younger wife Dot. When things go well, the cricket on the hearth chirps; it is silent when there is sorrow. Tackleton, a jealous old man, poisons John"s mind about Dot, but the cricket through its supernatural powers restores John"s confidence and all ends happily.