The Cricket on the Hearth: and Other Christmas Stories

✍ Scribed by Charles Dickens

• Book ID: 111159291
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 177 KB
• Series: Dover Thrift Editions
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780486159034
• ASIN: B00A7369CS

✦ Synopsis

With the publication of A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens almost single-handedly created the genre of the "Christmas story." And while that beloved classic remains among the best known in the field, Dickens also wrote a number of other delightful tales associated with Yuletide.
This volume features three of the best. Combining realism with fantasy, and with kindness and affection for the poor a dominant theme, they include the title story, a charming tale of a pleasant and simple home life; "The Holly-Tree," a lighthearted story of love reclaimed in a quiet country inn; and "The Haunted House," an entertaining account of a belligerent ghost's effect on the lives of those with whom he shares a home.
Written with Dickens's familiar flair for characterization, comic incident, and the picturesque, these stories will delight readers with their unusual charms and nostalgic re-creation of Victorian Christmases past.