The Cricket on the Hearth - Charles Dickens - Books - Independently Published - 9798731159593 - March 31, 2021
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Charles Dickens
The Cricket on the Hearth

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In July 1845, Dickens contemplated forming a periodical focusing on the concerns of the home. It was to be called The Cricket, but the plan fell through, and he transformed his idea into a Christmas book in which he abandoned social criticism, current events, and topical themes in favour of simple fantasy and a domestic setting for his hero's redemption, though some have criticised this notion. The book was released on 20 December 1845 (the title page read "1846") and sold briskly into the New Year. Seventeen stage productions opened during the Christmas season 1845 with one production receiving Dickens's approval and opening on the same day as the book's release. Dickens read the tale four times in public performance. It has been dramatised in numerous languages and for years was more popular on stage than A Christmas Carol. Cricket is less explicitly Christian than some of Dickens's other Christmas books, and it has been criticised for its sentimentality, but contemporary readers were attracted to its depiction of the Victorian ideal of the happy home.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 31, 2021
ISBN13 9798731159593
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 124
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 7 mm   ·   176 g
Language English  

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