The Cricket on the Hearth Charles Dickens - Charles Dickens - Books - Createspace Independent Publishing Platf - 9781548803438 - July 11, 2017
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The Cricket on the Hearth Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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The Cricket on the Hearth Charles Dickens

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. 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, 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 July 11, 2017
ISBN13 9781548803438
Publishers Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages 68
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 4 mm   ·   113 g
Language English  

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