The Chimes

by Charles Dickens

Overview

This classic novella by the author of A Christmas Carol offers another unforgettable holiday tale of despair and redemption in Victorian England.

An impoverished old man, Toby "Trotty" Veck is beginning to despair for society. On New Year's Eve, after reading the latest news of crime and depravity in London, he begins to wonder if the poorer classes are simply born wicked. But after coming across a drifter and an orphan—whom Trotty happens to know are in danger of arrest for vagrancy—he and his daughter, Meg, show them nothing but charity.

That night, as the chimes ring in the new year, Trotty is inexplicably drawn to the sound. Finding himself in the bell tower, he is met by goblins who show him a terrifying vision of the future for his daughter, her fiancé, and the two souls he just encountered. Though they aspire to be good, a corrupt and uncaring society drives them to the very kinds of immorality and criminality that make for sensational headlines. But it is not too late . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781504080866
Publisher:	Open Road Media
Publication date:	11/29/2022
Series:	Christmas Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	108
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

An international celebrity during his lifetime, Charles Dickens (1812­–1870) is widely regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His classic works include A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, and A Tale of Two Cities, one of the bestselling novels of all time. When Dickens was twelve years old, his father was sent to debtors' prison, and the boy was forced to work in a boot-blacking factory to support his family. The experience greatly shaped both his fiction and his tireless advocacy for children's rights and social reform.
A Christmas Carol,  Oliver Twist,  David Copperfield,  Great Expectations, and  A Tale of Two Cities, one of the bestselling novels of all time. When Dickens was twelve years old, his father was sent to debtors’ prison, and the boy was forced to work in a boot-blacking factory to support his family. The experience greatly shaped both his fiction and his tireless advocacy for children’s rights and social reform.

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington