THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH

by Charles Dickens, The Gunston Trust (Editor)

Overview

THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH - A Fairy Tale of Home- by CHARLES DICKENS - A GUNSTON CLASSIC

A charming Christmas novella by Charles Dickens, Published in December 1845, This delightful Dicken's Christmas tale has attracted many reader to its depiction of the Victorian ideal of the happy home. Dickens described the novel as "quiet and domestic - innocent and pretty." It is subdivided into chapters call 'Chirps', similar to the "Quarters" of The Chimes or the "Staves" of A Christmas Carol. It is the third of Dicken's five Christmas books, preceded by A Christmas Carol (1843) and The Chimes (1844) and followed by The Balttle of Life (1846) and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798855658095
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	11/05/2023
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870)

an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
Writings: A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, No Thoroughfare, The Frozen Deep, A Christmas Carol, Little Dorrit, Nicholas Nickleby, Bleak House, The Pickwick Papers, Hard Times, Dombey and Son, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth,

DICKEN'S FIVE CHRISTMAS STORIES
1. A CHRISTMAS CAROL
2. THE CHIMES
3. THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
4. THE BATTLE OF LIFE
5. THE HAUNTED MAN AND GHOST'S BARGAIN

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington