The Cricket on the Hearth
About this book
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.
Subjects
- british and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- children's fiction
- christmas, fiction
- christmas stories
- contes de fées
- drama (dramatic works by one author)
- england, fiction
- english christmas stories
- english short stories
- fairy tales
- fiction
- fiction, general
- fiction, historical, general
- fiction, romance, general
- fiction, short stories (single author)
- histoires de noël
- juvenile fiction
- large type books
- short stories
- social conditions
- social life and customs