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The Cricket on the Hearth

By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Edith Harson
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"The Cricket on the Hearth " is a Christmas novella by Charles Dickens.

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 stays at Peerybingle's house for a few days. The life of the Peerybingles intersects with that of Caleb Plummer, a poor toymaker employed by the miser Mr. Tackleton. Caleb has a blind daughter Bertha, and a son Edward, who travelled to South America and is thought to be dead. The miser Tackleton is now on the eve of marrying Edward's sweetheart, May, but she doesn't have feelings for Tackleton...

Public Domain (P)2019 Musaicum Books Fiction Classics Christmas Genre Fiction Winter Holidays Sports
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