The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home
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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