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The Cricket on the Hearth

By Charles Dickens

First published 1846

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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1846
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