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The Cricket on the Hearth
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
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Publisher's summary
The holidays are upon us, and this year Audible is very happy to present to our members one of Charles Dickens’ most popular Christmas stories, The Cricket on the Hearth. This holiday classic (original subtitle: “A Fairy Tale of Home”) tells the innocent, picturesque, and charming story of a poor family and their would-be guardian angel; in short, a delightful vision of Victorian Christmas. As always, a great story calls for a great voice, so we’ve brought in legendary actor and record-breaking Audie and Grammy award-winning narrator Jim Dale (The Night Circus). Happy holidays and happy listening!
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A country girl named Polly is visiting city friends and comes to realize that this world is quite different than which she has left. Here people are judged according to their dress and manner of speech rather than for their honesty and hard work. Yet all who meet Polly cannot help but be enamored of her; her sweet simplicity is unlike any that they have ever seen, and soon everyone comes to realize that Polly is not someone to be laughed at and ridiculed, but someone to put upon a pedestal for failing to become willing prey to the cynicism of the times.
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A favorite story, read horribly!
- By Mandalyn on 03-04-14
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Little Women
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First published in 1869, Little Women is the story of four sisters growing up against the background of the American Civil War. Alcott wrote the book at the urging of the publisher, Thomas Niles, who was seeking a story about girls that would have popular appeal. Although it was commenced essentially as a children's book, it developed into something of a bildungsroman, which touches on more serious issues such as the difficulties faced by single-parent families, the death of a sibling, and fractured relationships.
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An excellent tribute to a classic tale.
- By Ad n' Audie on 03-28-18
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Fathers and Sons
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When Arkady Petrovich comes home from college, his father finds his eager, naive son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has brought with him. A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young Bazarov shocks Arkady's father by criticising the landowning way of life and by his outspoken determination to sweep away the traditional values of contemporary Russian society.
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The greatest novel I'll ever read
- By Dan Harlow on 07-07-13
By: Ivan Turgenev
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The Shuttle
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Rosalie Vanderpoel, the daughter of an American multimillionaire marries an impoverished English baronet and goes to live in England. She all but loses contact with her family in America. Years later her younger sister Bettina, beautiful, intelligent and extremely rich, goes to England to find what has happened to her sister. She finds Rosalie shabby and dispirited, cowed by her husband's ill-treatment. Bettina sets about to rectify matters.
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More than Lovely
- By jTacy67 on 01-17-18
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The Best Ghost Stories Ever Told
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- By: Stephen Brennan - editor
- Narrated by: J. M. Badger, Imelda Pot
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A big, brilliant, spooky collection of classic and contemporary ghost stories that will make you hesitate before turning off that light.
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A very mixed review
- By Michael Mayer on 08-05-15
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Miranda Trilogy
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Grace Livingston Hill’s three novels about nineteenth-century small-town America remain relevant a century after they were first published. The timeless themes include the powerful influence of gossip, the importance of faith, and the precious gift of true friendship.
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Sweet series of romances of NY 1800s.
- By L. Locker on 05-28-24
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Understood Betsy
- By: Dorothy Canfield
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Elizabeth Ann was orphaned at an early age and raised by her maiden aunts in the busy city. But suddenly illness forces the aunts to send her to other relatives: the Putnams, who live in the country on a farm. Elizabeth Ann learns all about the farm and making butter and applesauce and dearly loves the the life there. Then, one of the aunts comes back and wants to take her back to the city. Such a dilemma!
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Loved by kids, mom, and dad!
- By Customer Review on 03-11-17
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Le Pere Goriot
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Honoré de Balzac uses his classic style of detail to describe a most controversial setting in his novel Le Pere Goriot. The story takes place in Paris just after the fall of Napoleon in 1819. The story focuses on three characters, Rastignac, a student who wants to try and make it big in the capital, Vautrin, an interesting and funny character who is also quite mysterious, and the main character, Goriot, that carries a heavy burden that only a loving parent would endure.
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A minor masterpiece
- By Jack Rock on 03-04-18
By: Honoré de Balzac
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'Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life.' So says Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy, utilitarian school board superintendent. Father to Tom and Louisa, he shapes the minds of all the young children, including his own, with the exception of only one: the circus-born Sissy Jupe.
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In the spare, no-nonsense Gradgrind household, Tom and Louisa are raised according to their father's unyielding guiding philosophy: facts - nothing but facts. But while a ban on imagination is mere policy for the Gradgrind children, lack of whimsy is a necessary survival skill in Coketown, the grimy and grim working-class burg devoted to nothing but the relentless advance of industry...
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- Amy_vdH
- 12-09-22
Excellent!
Truly lovely story. Superb narration, one of the greatest authors of all time. I’ve listened to hundreds of audiobooks - this was one of my favorites!
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- cheryl retired bookseller
- 12-09-19
Should have read this many years ago
I have always heard that a cricket on your hearth is good luck but I had never read why until now
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- E. Heredia
- 01-30-24
Dickens is always better than the alternative
This is a weaker story of Dickens, but Jim Dale’s performance is remarkable-and bad dickens is still better than nearly everything else!
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- tropical observer
- 12-30-21
Sweet Christmas story
Love this story with all the Dickens surprises. Narrator adds a delightful touch to the story.
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- P. C. Jorgensen
- 10-13-24
Top form for Dickens
This short stands out nearly as lovely as Christmas Carol. Charming story with many phrases that had me laughing out loud (e.g., morally incorrect direction). Unlike the Chimes, Dickens is having fun here (opening and closing the story with the kettle and the cricket facing off) and interested just in love and no greater themes. Just grand!
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- Lisa
- 12-09-23
Lovely and heart-warming story with great narration
From the first moments of this tale, I was hooked. I laughed at the language and playful words chosen by Dickens, and revealled in the narrator's jovial voice, What a lovely winter tale to liven up the long dark days.
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- Sydney Hostetler
- 12-23-23
Wonderful!
Delightful! Excellent narration! A great little story by an exceptional author. So glad I listened to this charming story.
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- Any Time Now, Jesus
- 12-22-20
Ah, Mr Dickens...he is incomparable.
Such phrasing, such character originality, such depth of humanity, such entertainment in tale-spinning.
Mr Dickens is always an amazement and a delight.
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- LaClaire Crouch
- 11-26-22
Wonderful story
White egg, sweet, and wonderful story for a holiday moment. You must Listen and enjoy.
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- cqgraphicdesign
- 12-04-23
Absolutely love this story
I don’t know where this story has been all my life but I absolutely love it. The colorful language and beautiful narration is so brilliant. This is an instant new classic for me and one I will listen to over and over.
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