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The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
The 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. The 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...
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Episodes
1 - Chirp the First, part 1 02.01.2026 33:15
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2 - Chirp the First, part 2 01.01.2026 36:24
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3 - Chirp the Second, part 1 31.12.2025 27:44
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4 - Chirp the Second, part 2 30.12.2025 29:10
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5 - Chirp the Second, part 3 29.12.2025 20:55
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6 - Chirp the Third, part 1 28.12.2025 20:25
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7 - Chirp the Third, part 2 27.12.2025 28:22
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8 - Chirp the Third, part 3 26.12.2025 37:56
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