The Cricket on the Hearth (Christmas Books)

by Charles Dickens

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The Cricket on the Hearth is a novella published in 1845. One of Dickens's Christmas books, it is a story about relationships and how they are affected by such emotions as love and egotism. It centers on John and his young wife Dot, whom he suspects of having an affair. A cricket, believed to be a symbol of good luck, works as a cementing factor between the couple.
  • ISBN10 1780945361
  • ISBN13 9781780945361
  • Publish Date 13 November 2015 (first published 20 December 1844)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Hesperus Press Ltd
  • Format eBook
  • Language English