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Original Title:	The Cricket on the Hearth
ISBN:	0809500418 (ISBN13: 9780809500413)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Christmas Books #3
Characters:	John Peerybingle, Mary Peerybingle (Dot), Caleb Plummer, Bertha Plummer, Tackleton, May Fielding, Mrs. Fielding, Tilly Slowboy
Setting:	England

The Cricket on the Hearth (The Christmas Books #3)

Charles Dickens

Paperback | Pages: 84 pages

Rating: 3.44 | 5340 Users | 664 Reviews

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Title	:	The Cricket on the Hearth (The Christmas Books #3)
Author	:	Charles Dickens
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 84 pages
Published	:	March 14th 2007 by WLC (first published 1845)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. Holiday. Christmas. Audiobook

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Dickens gave his first formal expression to his Christmas thoughts in his series of small books, the first of which was the famous "Christmas Carol." There followed four others: "The Chimes," "The Cricket on the Hearth," "The Battle of Life," and "The Haunted Man." The five are known today as the "Christmas Books." Of them all the "Carol" is the best known and loved, and "The Cricket on the Hearth," although third in the series, is perhaps next in popularity, and is especially familiar to Americans through Joseph Jefferson's characterisation of Caleb Plummer.

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.

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Huh. You always hear about this one, behind A Christmas Carol I think it's Dickens' most well-known Christmas book. But there's nothing about it that has anything to do with Christmas. And it's actually kind of . . . not horrible, but abrupt, I suppose. Like the outline of a much longer novel. Characters suddenly appear or disappear, and the ending wraps up far too quickly.

Merry Christmas!Everyone in our time knows about Charles Dickens magnificent A Christmas Carol, but he actually produced five Christmas themed stories in the 1840s, A Christmas Carol being the first.The Cricket on the Hearth, the third in this series, is less otherworldly than its more famous predecessor, but has magical realism elements with the Cricket as a guardian spirit and references to spirits and faeries. Charmingly domestic, this tells a simple story of love lost and found again as only

I found I had to take notes at the beginning due to the seemingly meandering prose. But once I got the hang of the references and which names actually meant which persona I could stop taking notes. I found this one quite delightful. But then again I haven't found a Dicken's work I have finished that I did not like.

I found I had to take notes at the beginning due to the seemingly meandering prose. But once I got the hang of the references and which names actually meant which persona I could stop taking notes. I found this one quite delightful. But then again I haven't found a Dicken's work I have finished that I did not like.

Although I've noticed people dislike this novella for its sentimentality I actually found it quite dark and sad. There were some stunning metaphors in there though and all is well in the end. It isn't as festive as A Christmas Carol but a good read for the winter.

There I was this month, thinking I had temporarily lost my drive for commenting on books read. Until I dug up Dickens--well, it was more like I added him to my phone and listened: eyes closed, breath even, mind a blank slate waiting to be consumed by the sound of words paired carefully. There goes my spare time, Dickens, I give it to you sparingly. Do what you will with it. And he told me a story. A simple, perhaps even dull, storyline of no intricate consequence and still, I was fascinated. For

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