The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home was the third of the Christmas novella written by Charles Dickens and published in 1845
The
Cricket of the story constantly chirps on the hearth and acts as the
Peerybingles family guardian angel.
At
the start of the tale a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up
lodging at Peerybingle's house for a few days.
The
villain of the piece is the miser Tackleton who is on the eve of marrying
Edward Plummer's sweetheart, May.
Edward
having gone off to South America and was believed to be dead leaving May at the
mercy of Tackleton who she did not love.
During
the course of the story the miser does his best to cause mischief but in the
end, the mysterious lodger is revealed to be none other than Edward who has
returned home in disguise.
And
in the best traditions of dickens all ends well.
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