George Alfred Williams
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John Peerybingle lives a modest but happy life with his young and beautiful wife Dot. When he takes in a stranger on the road, Dot is quick to agree and seems to enjoy the mysterious man's company. John, who has never doubted his wife's faithfulness before, wonders if something is the matter. The Cricket on the Hearth is one of Charles Dickens's classic Christmas books, and portrays the ideal Victorian home and calls the readers to strive for it and...