Trotty hears messages in the chimes of the church bells, which lead him to visit the belfry at night on New Year's Eve. The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, more commonly known as The Chimes, is a novella that was published a year after A Christmas Carol and was the second in Dickens’ series of ‘Christmas books’, five novellas which contained strong moral and social messages. Trotty, who is appalled by newspaper reports of crime and immorality, is further depressed by his encounters with the rich and influential Alderman Cute and Sir Joseph Bowley, who make him feel that the poor have no right to exist in society, and his daughter has no right to marry. Our hero Toby ("Trotty") Veck is a poor but hard-working man, whose beloved daughter Meg is due to marry on New Year's Day. View a Letter about a performance of The Chimes from Charles Dickens to his wife Catherine, 28 December 1854 on the British Librarys Discovering. The Chimes tells the story of humble Toby Veck, ticket porter, who spends his life running errands for other people, while trying to support his daughter Meg. It remained popular for many years, although its fame has since been eclipsed by that of A Christmas Carol, the first of the series. Its contemporary setting is the "Hungry Forties", a time of social and political unrest, and the book has a strong moral message. The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In is the second of Charles Dickens' Christmas books, published in 1844. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Chimes
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