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Tabitha Rickard4 audiobooks with Academy Voices
On a cold Christmas Eve, a kettle sings on the hearth and a cricket answers it. John Peerybingle, a carrier, comes home to his young wife Dot and their baby.
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About this audiobook
On a cold Christmas Eve, a kettle sings on the hearth and a cricket answers it. John Peerybingle, a carrier, comes home to his young wife Dot and their baby. Then a stranger arrives, and a hint of doubt creeps into the house.
Charles Dickens's Christmas story about a toymaker and his blind daughter, a grumpy old miser and a marriage tested by suspicion, read by Tabitha Rickard. A little over three and a half hours of warm and gentle Dickens.
For anyone who likes their Christmas stories with a lump in the throat.
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Details
Length
3 hr 28 min
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
March 2025
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798347337910
Questions
Who narrates The Cricket on the Hearth audiobook?
This edition of The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens is narrated by Tabitha Rickard.
How long is The Cricket on the Hearth audiobook?
It runs 3 hr 28 min, unabridged, so you hear the complete text.
Is this audiobook narrated by a real person?
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