The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A ticket porter waiting outside a church on New Year's Eve is told by everyone who matters — the alderman, the economist, the gentleman with the statistics — that the poor are a problem and he is part of it. Then the bells wake him. Dickens wrote it in Italy in a fury, weeping over the manuscript by his own account, and read it aloud to friends in London before publishing. It is the angriest of the Christmas books. Forty-six plates of painting from 1840 to 1891, including John Atkinson Grimshaw and William Powell Frith, set beside ten restored and coloured illustrations.
A ticket porter waiting outside a church on New Year's Eve is told by everyone who matters — the alderman, the economist, the gentleman with the statistics — that the poor are a problem and he is part of it. Then the bells wake him. Dickens wrote it in Italy in a fury, weeping over the manuscript...
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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English novelist born in Portsmouth. Sent to work in a blacking factory at twelve when his father was imprisoned for debt, he became the most widely read author of his century. His works include Oliver Twist, Bleak House, Great Expectations, and, with Wilkie Collins, The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English novelist born in Portsmouth. Sent to work in a blacking factory at twelve when his father was imprisoned for debt, he became the most widely read author of his century. His works include Oliver Twist, Bleak House, Great Expectations, and, with Wilkie Col...
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