The Cricket on the Hearth

by Charles Dickens
Category: "Fiction - General"
Pages:109
Year of Publication:1845
Date Read:12/15/1995
Notes:The story of Mary Peerybingle, a young wife who lives in a small house with her older husband, John, a parcel carrier. When John sees Mary talking with a younger man, he gets angry, but the cricket on the hearth shows him the truth.
My Rating: 8

Reviews for The Cricket on the Hearth

Review - Cricket on the Hearth, The

Classic Dickens — funny, overly-sentimental, full of atmosphere and with a happy ending. An enjoyable, if simplistic, three hours of reading.

Reviewed by Roger on 2003-07-20 14:32:16

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