The A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year out and a New Year In Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 creator text utu 1996 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Chimes" by Charles Dickens is a novella published in 1844, the second in his series of Christmas books. Toby Veck, an elderly messenger, loses faith in the poor after reading grim newspaper reports. On New Year's Eve, he climbs to a church bell tower where goblin spirits show him disturbing visions of his daughter's future and the hardships facing working-class people. Through these phantoms, Toby must learn whether the poor are inherently wicked or victims of circumstance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chimes Release date is 1996-09-01 Transcribed from Charles Scribner’s Sons “Works of Charles Dickens” edition by David Price Original publication data not identified Christmas stories Holidays -- Fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/653 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/653 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133034.0 653