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The Chimes : a goblin story

"The story of a vision and the second of five of Dickens' Christmas tales published each year between 1843 and 1847. Dickens described these works as 'a whimsical sort of masque intended to awaken loving and forbearing thoughts.' The main characters are Toby Veck, his daughter, Sir Joseph Bowley, and Mr. Chute" --Provided by publisher.

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  • "Holly tree"@en
  • "Chimes, or, Some bells that rang an old year out and a new year in"@en
  • "Campanas"
  • "Tales from England"
  • "Some bells that rang an old year out and a new year in"@en
  • "Chimes : a goblin story"@en

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  • ""The story of a vision and the second of five of Dickens' Christmas tales published each year between 1843 and 1847. Dickens described these works as 'a whimsical sort of masque intended to awaken loving and forbearing thoughts.' The main characters are Toby Veck, his daughter, Sir Joseph Bowley, and Mr. Chute" --Provided by publisher."@en
  • "The spirits of the steeple bells appear to take Toby Veck on a New Years Eve journey during which he discovers all that he has to be grateful for. The Chimes was written by Dickens for the Christmas season of 1844."@en
  • "A follow-up to A Christmas Carol, this is the story of a poor ticket porter whose outlook is changed from despair to hope by the spirits of the chimes on New Year's EveAs Trotty's working day as a lowly messenger draws to a close, his daughter, Meg, arrives with her fiancé Richard in tow, and they proudly announce their wedding for the following day. This is cause for celebration, although their happiness is tempered by the comments of an alderman and other well-off citizens on the rights of the poor to marry. During the night, Trotty hears the chimes of a church bell and ventures out to climb the belltower. At the top he is greeted by goblins who tell him that he died during the climb and must now spend his time watching his friends and family live out their lives. What he witnesses makes for grim viewing, and Totty finds himself attempting to rescue his daughter from the brink of destruction. He wakes as if from a dream to the bells chiming out the beginning of a new year, and finds that no time has passed and it is New Year's Day. But as he sees his daughter cheerfully preparing for her wedding day, he is baffled as to whether this is just a dream within a dream. Tackling familiar themes of redemption, social injustice, and family, this is a story of hope and contemplation and is a moving festive read well worth discovering."@en
  • "It's New Year's Eve. Toby Veck, a poor messenger, huddles in a church doorway waiting for work. The chimes in the tower ring out, but rather than finding comfort in their beauty, he wonders why he was even born ... Toby falls asleep in front of the fire and dreams that his beloved Chimes summon him to their belfry. They take him to task for losing heart and show him how grim life would be without hope or love."@en
  • "The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, a short novel by Charles Dickens, was written and published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol and one year before The Cricket on the Hearth. It is the second in his series of "Christmas books": five short books with strong social and moral messages that he published during the 1840s.-- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia."@en
  • "Love A Christmas Carol? Celebrate the holiday season with the second of Dickens' trio of Christmas classics, The Chimes. This tale of humanity's warring moral impulses and ultimate redemption highlights the true meaning of the holiday season. An uplifting read at Christmastime, or at any time of the year."@en
  • "On New Year's Eve, Trotty, a "ticket-porter" or casual messenger, is filled with gloom at the reports of crime and immorality in the newspapers, and wonders whether the working classes are simply wicked by nature when his daughter Meg and her long-time fianc ̌Richard arrive and announce their decision to marry the next day."@en

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  • "Erzählende Literatur: Hauptwerk vor 1945"
  • "Christmas stories, English"@en
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Plays"@en
  • "Erzählende Literatur"
  • "Downloadable World Book ebooks"@en
  • "Adaptations"@en
  • "Manuscripts document genre"@en
  • "Translations"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Texts"@en
  • "Online resources"@en
  • "Christmas stories"@en
  • "Christmas stories"
  • "English fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Specimens"
  • "Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)"

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  • "The Chimes : a goblin story"@en
  • "Die Silvesterglocken ein Märchen von Glocken, die ein altes Jahr aus- und ein neues Jahr einläuteten"
  • "Chimes, a goblin story"
  • "The chimes : a tale of the holiday season"
  • "Die Silvesterglocken"
  • "The chimes a goblin story"@en
  • "The chimes : a goblin story"@en
  • "The chimes : a goblin story"
  • "Die Silvesterglocken : ein Märchen von Glocken, die ein altes Jahr aus- und ein neues Jahr einläuteten"
  • "Die Silvesterglocken : ein Märchen von Glocken, die ein altes Jahr aus- und ein neues Jahr einläuten"
  • "The chimes : a story of the poor"
  • "Die Sylvesterglocken : ein Märchen von Glocken, die ein altes Jahr aus- und ein neues Jahr einläuten"
  • "The chimes a story of the poor"
  • "The chimes : a Goblin story"
  • "The chimes"@en
  • "The chimes"
  • "Chimes"
  • "Chimes"@en
  • "The chimes. A goblin story"@en
  • "Die Silvesterglocken ein Märchen von Glocken, die ein altes Jahr aus- und ein neues Jahr einläuten"
  • "The chimes : [Christmas book]"@en
  • "Die Silvesterglocken Ein Märchen von Glocken, die e. altes Jahr aus- u. e. neues Jahr einläuteten"
  • "The chimes ... Twelfth edition"@en
  • "Die Silvesterglocken Ein Märchen von Glocken, die ein altes Jahr aus- und ein neues Jahr einläuteten"
  • "Die Silvesterglocken : Ein Märchen von Glocken, die ein altes Jahr aus- und ein neues Jahr einläuteten"
  • "Die Silvesterglocken : ein Märchen von Glocken die ein altes Jahr aus- und ein neues Jahr einläuteten"
  • "The Chimes A goblin story"
  • "Die silvesterglocken"@en
  • "Die Silvesterglocken, ein Märchen von Glocken, die ein altes Jahr aus- und ein neues Jahr einläuteten"
  • "Chimes. [Poems.]"@en
  • "The chimes; a goblin story"@en
  • "The Chimes"@en
  • "The Chimes"
  • "The Chimes A Goblin Story"
  • "Chimes : a goblin story"@en
  • "The chimes: a goblin story [etc.]"@en
  • "The Chimes, a story of the poor : Abridged and simplified by Ronald Windross,... Illustrated by Greville Irwin"

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