{"id":1676,"date":"2022-05-05T17:25:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2022-10-03T17:34:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T17:34:47","slug":"the-cricket-on-the-hearth-by-charles-dickens-audiobook-duet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audiobooks\/the-cricket-on-the-hearth-by-charles-dickens-audiobook-duet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens \u2014 Audiobook (Duet)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">*** New Audiobook Release ***<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home by Charles Dickens<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Performed by Amanda Friday and Rob Goll<\/span><!--more--><\/h6>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">audiobook sample<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens - Audiobook Sample by Rob Goll\" width=\"525\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1352024242&show_artwork=true&maxheight=788&maxwidth=525\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/The-Cricket-on-the-Hearth-Audiobook\/B09ZJYBBY9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cricket on the Hearth on Audible<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.co.uk\/pd\/The-Cricket-on-the-Hearth-Audiobook\/B09ZKD7HFP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cricket on the Hearth on Audible UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Cricket-on-the-Hearth\/dp\/B09ZKFJNCW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cricket on the Hearth on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/The-Cricket-on-the-Hearth\/dp\/B09ZKHHMTK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cricket on the Hearth on Amazon UK<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"bc-heading bc-color-base bc-spacing-small bc-size-medium bc-text-bold\"><strong>Publisher's Summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"bc-box bc-box-padding-none bc-spacing-s2\">\n<div class=\"bc-box\n\n\t\t\tbc-box-padding-none\n\n    bc-spacing-s2\"><\/p>\n<p><i>The Cricket on the Hearth<\/i>, published in 1845, is the third in Charles Dickens' series of \"Christmas Books,\" five novellas with strong social and moral messages that he published during the 1840s. It is preceded by\u00a0<i>A Christmas Carol<\/i>\u00a0(1843) and\u00a0<i>The Chimes<\/i>\u00a0(1845) and followed by\u00a0<i>The Battle of Life<\/i>\u00a0(1846) and\u00a0<i>The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain<\/i>\u00a0(1848).<\/p>\n<p>The story centers around the hearth and home of the good-hearted carrier, John Peerybingle, and his young wife Mary\u2014affectionately called Dot by her husband. Their baby boy is cared for by a clumsy nanny, Tilly Slowboy. The household is completed by Boxer the dog and the cricket on the hearth, who acts as a guardian angel to the family.<\/p>\n<p>The life of the Peerybingles intersects with that of Caleb Plummer, a poor toymaker employed by the stern and miserly toy merchant, Tackleton. 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