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a fairy tale of home

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An edition of The Cricket on the Hearth (1846)

The cricket on the hearth

a fairy tale of home

by

  • ★★★ 3.00 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 25 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 9 Have read

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.

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Printed and published for the author by Bradbury and Evans
Language
English
Pages
174

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Subjects
English Christmas stories, Short stories, Christmas stories, Social life and customs, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, English Short stories, Social conditions, England, fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author), British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Children's fiction, Fiction, romance, general, Christmas, fiction, Fairy tales, Large type books, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, general
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Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
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England
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19th century

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Kotisirkka
2014-02-14, Project Gutenberg
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Cover of: The Cricket on the Hearth
The Cricket on the Hearth
2011-10-01, Project Gutenberg
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The Cricket on the Hearth
2011-12-31, LibriVox
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Cover of: De Krekel achter de Haardplaat
De Krekel achter de Haardplaat
2010-11-29, LibriVox
in Dutch
Cover of: The Cricket on the Hearth
The Cricket on the Hearth
2008-02-09, LibriVox
in English
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The Cricket on the Hearth
2007-03-10, Project Gutenberg
in English
Cover of: Le grillon du foyer
Le grillon du foyer
2005-06-07, Project Gutenberg
in French
Cover of: Le grillon du foyer
Le grillon du foyer
1997, Chardon bleu éd.
in French
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The Cricket on the Hearth
1996-10-01, Project Gutenberg
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The Cricket on the Hearth
1950, Dent
in English
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The Cricket on the Hearth
1917, Charles H. Kelly
in English
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The Cricket on the Hearth
1906, J.M. Dent & Co.
in English
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The cricket on the hearth
1900, Henry Altemus
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The cricket on the hearth: a fairy tale of home
1846, Printed and published for the author by Bradbury and Evans
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London

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR4572 .C78 1846

The Physical Object

Pagination
174 p. :
Number of pages
174

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23291715M
Internet Archive
cricketonhearthf00dickrich
LCCN
01000434
OCLC/WorldCat
1213622

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