The Cricket on the Hearth
by Charles Dickens · 1846
Historical Fiction · ranked #37 in category
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
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- Historical Fiction
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- Charles Dickens
- Standing
- Recommended
About Historical Fiction
Historical fiction puts you inside a different time and makes it feel real. The best of it reconstructs the past with empathy as well as accuracy, giving you both a story and the world that produced it.
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