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The MCT edition of\u00a0The Cricket on the Hearth\u00a0<\/em>by Charles Dickens is reproduced in its entirety and includes Michael\u2019s \u201clanguage illustrations\u201d\u2014close-ups of poetic techniques, four-level analyses of interesting grammar, and comments about writing strategies. Challenging vocabulary is defined at the bottom of each page.<\/p>\n

The Cricket on the Hearth<\/em>\u00a0is a short novel that was published in December 1845, two years after\u00a0A Christmas Carol<\/em>. It is one of Dickens\u2019s \u201cChristmas stories,\u201d which are five short books that contain strong social and moral messages. Dickens described this novel as \u201cquiet and domestic\u2026innocent and pretty.\u201d It is subdivided into chapters that Dickens sweetly called \u201cChirps.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cricket on the Hearth<\/em>\u00a0was popular when it was first published as a book, and also as a play, about the ideal Victorian family and home. In the story, John Peerybingle, a slow but honest carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy, and their nursemaid Tilly Slowboy. A cricket chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the family. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up lodging at Peerybingle\u2019s house for a few days. The plot becomes a complex love story that is resolved in time for a festive Christmas.<\/p>\n

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