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Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
In the 1840s, Charles Dickens wrote 5 short stories with strong social and moral messages. The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home, is the third of these stories. Following the home life of John Peerybingle, the story introduces the many people in John's family and life along with a cricket that acts as the guardian angel of the family. Like its predecessors, this story also contains heavy social and moral implications. However, it differs...
Publisher
Publications International
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The collection includes 54 classic Christmas tales, stories of Christmas customs around the world, and Christmas songs. Colorful illustrations on every two-page spread complement the stories. Children and adults of all ages can enjoy reading this Christmas treasury with their families.
Author
Series
Rumpole of the Bailey volume 16
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Five holiday tales feature the curmudgeon barrister in "Rumpole and Father Christmas, " "Rumpole's Slimmed Down Christmas, " "Rumpole and the Boy, " "Rumpole and the Old Familiar Faces, " and "Rumpole and the Christmas Break."