{"product_id":"2940169556742","title":"Cricket on the Hearth, The (Version 2)","description":"\u003cbr\u003eThe tale of John Peerybingle, the good-hearted carrier, and his young wife Mary ('Dot'), interwoven with the story of poor toymaker Caleb Plummer, his beloved blind daughter Bertha, and the harsh old toy merchant Tackleton, who is due to marry May Fielding, a childhood friend of Dot. Comic relief is provided by Tilly Slowboy, the disaster-prone nursemaid of John and Dot's baby, and Boxer, the family dog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cricket who chirps on the family hearth assumes fairy form to save the day when disaster looms in the form of a mysterious stranger. Sentimental? Certainly - but this, the third (1845) of Dickens' short Christmas books, is as charming and irresistible as its predecessors \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e (1843) and \u003ci\u003eThe Chimes\u003c\/i\u003e (1844).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe novella is subdivided into chapters called 'Chirps', similar to the 'Quarters' of \u003ci\u003eThe Chimes\u003c\/i\u003e or the 'Staves' of \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e. (Introduction by Ruth Golding)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"DISCOS PALMAS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104541163760,"sku":"2940169556742","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169556742_p0.jpg?v=1772801559","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169556742","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}