Chimes
Author: first_name: Charles
last_name: Dickens
Language: English
Year: 1844

<i>The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In</i> is the second of Charles Dickens' Christmas books, published in 1844. Its contemporary setting is the "Hungry Forties", a time of social and political unrest, and the book has a strong moral message. It remained popular for many years, although its fame has since been eclipsed by that of <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, the first of the series.<br><br> Our hero Toby ("Trotty") Veck is a poor but hard-working man