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The Cricket on the Hearth

A Fairy Tale of Home

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The Cricket on the Hearth

Written by: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
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In the 1840s, Charles Dickens wrote five short stories with strong social and moral messages. "The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home", is the third of these stories. Following the home life of John Peerybingle, the story introduces the many people in John's family and life, along with a cricket that acts as the guardian angel of the family. Like its predecessors, this story also contains heavy social and moral implications. However it differs from A Christmas Carol and The Chimes, in that its main theme focuses on actions that affect the family, rather than action affecting society as a whole.

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Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Short Story Sports Morality
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