The Cricket on the Hearth
Illustrations by Marold and Millis
by Charles Dickens
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A lovely small book with a medium blue cover stamped with three flowers gold colour in top right corner. Has several illustrations throughout book. One of a series of Guillaumes's Nelumbos series ie. small books, size Nelumbo 8 ( 5 1/4 inches x 3 inches) Prices paper cover 2 shillings, cloth gilt tops 2 shillings and six pence.
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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: Illustrations by Marold and Millis
1894, George Rutledge & Sons Limited
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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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| September 14, 2012 | Edited by VacuumBot | Updated format 'hardcover' to 'Hardcover' |
| January 23, 2012 | Edited by 58.168.65.213 | Added new cover |
| January 23, 2012 | Edited by Susan Morris | Edited without comment. |
| January 23, 2012 | Edited by Susan Morris | Added new cover |
| January 23, 2012 | Created by Susan Morris | Added new book. |