- English Christmas stories, Short stories, Christmas stories, Social life and customs
One of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny 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's house for a few days.
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Intimate, warm, classical in form and earnest.
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- First published
- July 10, 2003
- Pages
- 119
- Publisher
- Eliana Press, Sandron, General Books LLC
- Editions
- 774
- Language
- Russian, English, French, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9781548373207
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“THE kettle began it!”
Charles Dickens, was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most iconic characters, with the theme of social reform running throughout his work. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they have never gone out of print. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens
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