The Cricket on the Hearth
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4.2 • 79 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The story is within a small family. The husband, John Peerybingle who is a carrier and his wife Dot who is very young. They have a son and their nanny lives with them. It is this chirps of this Cricket, which makes them feel the security and sense some danger that comes to the house. One fine day, a mysterious elderly stranger visits this family and takes up lodging with them for a few days.
Customer Reviews
Wonderful characters - of course
Dickens is one of the best at character development. He will invariably inspire kindness, mercy, and goodwill in any reader willing to cast off modern skepticism and wholeheartedly embrace his heroes. This short story is a glimpse of the mastery he works in his longer novels.
Pleasant
This was a very pleasant short story to read. I enjoyed this book although you can tell it has not been written recently.