 Crickets feature as major characters in novels and children's books.Charles Dickens's 1845 novella "The Cricket on the Hearth", divided into sections called "Chirps", tells the story of a cricket which chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to a family.Carlo Collodi's 1883 children's book "Le avventure di Pinocchio" ("The Adventures of Pinocchio") featured "Il Grillo Parlante" (The Talking Cricket) as one of its characters.