The Cricket on the Hearth
Feb 2025 · Namaskar Books
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“The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home” by Charles Dickens is a heartwarming story that delves into the lives of the Peerybingle family and those connected to them, exploring themes of love, deception, and the magic of home. The narrative begins with a seemingly insignificant event: the kettle beginning to sing before the cricket. This sets the stage for a tale filled with domestic charm, where the sounds of the kettle and the cricket are almost characters in their own right, symbolizing the warmth and comfort of the Peerybingle’s home.
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February 23, 2025
The review is: it's a scam. Do not buy.
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Charles Dickens, perhaps the best British novelist of the Victorian era, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on February 7, 1812. His happy early childhood was interrupted when his father was sent to debtors' prison, and young Dickens had to go to work in a factory at age twelve. Later, he took jobs as an office boy and journalist before publishing essays and stories in the 1830s. His first novel, The Pickwick Papers, made him a famous and popular author at the age of twenty-five. Subsequent works were published serially in periodicals and cemented his reputation as a master of colorful characterization, and as a harsh critic of social evils and corrupt institutions. His many books include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836, and the couple had nine children before separating in 1858 when he began a long affair with Ellen Ternan, a young actress. Despite the scandal, Dickens remained a public figure, appearing often to read his fiction. He died in 1870, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.
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