The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home by Charles Dickens
"The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home" by Charles Dickens is a novella published in 1845. John Peerybingle, a humble carrier, lives happily with his young wife Dot until a mysterious elderly stranger arrives at their home. When the lodger is revealed to be a young man in disguise, and John witnesses an intimate moment between him and Dot, his world shatters. As jealousy consumes him, the cheerful cricket
on their hearth intervenes with visions that challenge everything John believes about his wife's faithfulness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 |
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| Illustrator | Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883 |
| Illustrator | Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873 |
| Illustrator | Leech, John, 1817-1864 |
| Illustrator | Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870 |
| Illustrator | Stanfield, Clarkson, 1793-1867 |
| Title | The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cricket_on_the_Hearth |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | Christmas stories, English |
| Subject | Holidays -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 37581 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 2011 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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