The Cricket on the Hearth Book Club Questions
By Charles Dickens
Have you read any of Dickens’ other Christmas stories? What did you think of them?
Have you read any of Dickens’ other books? Which ones? Did you like this more/less than the others?
Did this strike you as a Christmas story? Why/why not?
What did you like best/least about the story?
Talk about each of the main characters. What do you think of each of them, and their relationships to one another?
Are there any common themes between The Cricket on the Hearth and A Christmas Carol? (Scrooge/Marley & Tackleton/Gruff; Bob Cratchit/Caleb Plummer; cricket/ghosts)
Is the cricket an actual cricket or a fairy/sprite/magical creature? Did you think that Dickens’ use of this device was effective? Why?
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