The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home (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 1989708153
  • ISBN13 9781989708156
  • Publish Date 20 December 1844
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Binker North
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 110
  • Language English