An edition of The Cricket on the Hearth (1846)

The Cricket on the Hearth: 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

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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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Bradbury and Evans
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English
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199

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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 Noël

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Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

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England

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19th century

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Kotisirkka
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The Cricket on the Hearth
2011-12-31, LibriVox
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The Cricket on the Hearth
2011-10-01, Project Gutenberg
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Cover of: De Krekel achter de Haardplaat
De Krekel achter de Haardplaat
2010-11-29, LibriVox
in Dutch
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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
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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
in English
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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
in English
Cover of: The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home
The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home
1846, Bradbury and Evans
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Original pencil drawing, reproduced as steel engraving (engraved t.p.) in: The Cricket on the Hearth / by Charles Dickens. London : Bradbury and Evans, 1846.

"Printed and published for the author, by Bradbury and Evans"

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OL20527897M
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