Book
The Cricket on the Hearth
- Published
- 1845
- Genre
- Classics
- Publisher
- Pixabay
- Pages
- 84
- Words
- 33293
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/549938.The_Cricket_on_the_Hearth?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 9.5
- Suggested reading age
- ages 11–14
- Ambleside year
- Year 6 onwards · ages 11–14
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
The title creature is a sort of barometer of life at the home of John Peerybingle and his much younger wife Dot. When things go well, the cricket on the hearth chirps; it is silent when there is sorrow. Tackleton, a jealous old man, poisons John's mind about Dot, but the cricket through its supernatural powers restores John's confidence and all ends happily.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781548064471
- ISBN-10
- 1548064475
Tags
Adventure-Life ChangesClassicsHolidays-ChristmasMysteries-Hauntings/Ghosts