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The Cricket on the Hearth

By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Jim Dale
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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!

Public Domain (P)2013 Audible Inc. Classics Celebration Winter Christmas Happiness

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I really enjoyed the narration by Jim Dale. He was an excellent choice for this reading.

After listening to the story I looked at a few summaries and they are telling a somewhat different story so I'm going to have to seek out the book to see what the original story was.

This was a reaffirmation of my very high regard for the works of Dickens after the disappointment of The Chimes.

I think that the fantasy element of the story in the Cricket on the Hearth was woven beautifully into the story in contrast to the way in which it was deployed within The Chimes in which I found it clumsy and unwieldy.

Well done again to Jim Dale for a fabulous performance .

Well read and very enjoyable

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Allegedly Lenin once walked out during a rendition of this play due to its rather saccharine sentimentality.
However those of us who are devout fans of his works, are used to this side of the great man.
This is possibly his most sentimental of the 5 ‘Christmas’ books.
Jim Dale does a fine job as narrator.
Recommended

The Cricket on the Hearth

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Dickens at his vintage, schmoltzy best. What an absolute delight. Jim Dale is a joy as narrator.

Utterly delightful

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I absolutely loved Jim Dale’s narration of the third of Dickens’ Christmas stories. He really brought the book to life. I will be looking for more books narrated by him.

A wonderful reading of a lesser known story

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It’s a more surreal tale than I’d expected it to be, but then I don’t really know what I expected! I only came across this, and another Christmas tale, when I bought an anthology of Dickens’ Christmas writings last year

I’ve devoured TCOTH in two days and, for the most part, have really enjoyed it. There seems to be a dip in the story either side of the midpoint, which does make it hard to get through, but thankfully the rest of the story is absorbing, so you soon forget the lulls

Admittedly, I can’t say I’m familiar with JD (Narrator), but he does a good job of making this odd-but-warming tale an enjoyable listen

SURREAL YET WARMING

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