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The Cricket on the Hearth, in full The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home, short tale written by Charles Dickens as a Christmas book for 1845 but published in 1846. The title creature is a sort of barometer of life at the home of John Peerybingle and his much younger wife Dot. A symbol of good luck and health. A cricket on the hearth has been a sign of household luck for millennia and in many cultures. Crickets were widely considered to bring good fortune as well as a kind of companionship. Representations of a cricket have long been included as a fireplace decoration.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9789354624032 ● File size 1.0 MB ● Publisher True Sign Publishing House ● Published 2023 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8319612 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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