Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2007-03-10 Public domain in the USA. 147 Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 Boz Dickens, Charles John Huffam Williams, George Alfred 1875 1932 The Cricket on the Hearth New York The Platt & Peck Co. Copyright, 1905, by The Baker & Taylor Company Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #20795 (Some B & W illustrations) #37581 (Many fine B & W illustrations) #678 (Not illustrated) Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Chirp the First Chirp the Second Chirp the Third Produced by Jason Isbell, Emma Morgan Isbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Cricket on the Hearth" by Charles Dickens is a novella written in the mid-19th century. This heartwarming tale explores themes of home, love, and the magic associated with simple domestic life during the Christmas season. The narrative revolves around the lives of John Peerybingle, his affectionate wife Dot, and their family, as they navigate their everyday lives alongside the charming character of the cricket, who symbolizes warmth and cheer. At the start of the story, the narrator playfully claims that the kettle began a musical competition with a chirping cricket before introducing characters like Mrs. Peerybingle and her husband John. The couple's dynamic is established through their banter concerning their home life and their roles as newlyweds. John's good-natured personality contrasts with the humorous challenges they face, while the cricket is depicted as a comforting presence in their home. The opening chapters set the stage for various character interactions and introduce a strange old gentleman who will soon play a significant role in the unfolding narrative, suggesting themes of unexpected connections and the influence of new arrivals in one's life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Christmas stories, English Holidays -- Fiction PR Text Children's Literature Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 223639 223649 2024-10-09T07:33:31.025427 2023-09-09T09:39:39.156584 text/html text/html 223412 2019-08-08T14:05:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1158300 2019-08-08T14:07:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1259458 2024-10-09T07:33:37.131396 application/epub+zip 1256870 2024-10-09T07:33:32.949407 application/epub+zip 154782 2024-10-09T07:33:31.715402 application/epub+zip 1394170 2024-10-09T07:33:40.338392 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1371427 2024-10-09T07:33:36.205404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233104 2022-09-10T04:13:09.074769 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204349 204243 2024-10-09T07:33:30.431450 2023-09-09T09:39:38.696588 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 204057 2012-12-23T14:14:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 79152 2012-12-23T14:15:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 10717838 2007-03-12T13:47:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 22500 2024-10-09T07:33:40.484400 application/rdf+xml 12755 2024-10-09T07:33:32.267416 image/jpeg 3662 2024-10-09T07:33:31.988406 image/jpeg 1224400 2024-10-09T07:33:31.074454 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia