A Christmas Carol vs The Cricket on the Hearth: Which Should You Read?
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A Christmas Carol
“Marley was dead, to begin with.”
A retelling of the story about a miser whose life is changed by Christmas.
1 film adaptation
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The Cricket on the Hearth
One of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate A Christmas Carol highest: A Christmas Carol 4.1 · The Cricket on the Hearth 3.5.
- A Christmas Carol has the widest readership — 59209 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Christmas Carol | The Cricket on the Hearth | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (59209) | 3.5 (8904) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (1150) | 3.0 (7) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1204) | 4.0 (83) |
Reception
| A Christmas Carol | The Cricket on the Hearth | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 59209 | 8904 |
| Editions | 3199 | 774 |
| Citations | 17 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 10847 | 6089 |
| Reading it now | 295 | 555 |
| Written reviews | 717 | 1151 |
| Wikipedia attention | 28663 | 1383 |
| Pages | 88 | — |