The cricket on the hearth
a fairy tale of home.
by Charles Dickens, George Alfred Williams, Only Books, daniel maclise, john leech, richard doyel, clarkson standfield, Eliel Aspelin Haapkylä, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and Albert 1816-1860 Smith
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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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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, Contes de fées, Histoires de NoëlPeople
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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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"First edition 1846 (for 1845). Illustrated by Daniel Maclise, John Leech, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield and Edwin Landseer."--Cambridge bibliography of English literature.
Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1970. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 12 cm. (Library of English Literature ; LEL 10951)
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