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The Chimes

The Chimes Charles Dickens in 1931 book cover

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Author(s):Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):Arthur Rackham
Publisher(s): The Limited Editions Club
Year Published: 1931
Type: Hardcover
Genre: British
Fantasy - English
Fiction - Novel
Social Studies
Age Range: Ages 13-18: Young Adult
Pages: 128
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 496170985

Description

The goblins ringing the chimes show Trotty Veck a dystopian future -- he wakes determined to make things better. This Christmas book followed the successful A Christmas Carol.

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Other Editions

The Chimes (1845)

The goblins ringing the chimes show old Trotty a dystopian future for his family -- he wakes determined to do all he can to avert it. Read online at archive.org.

Publisher: Chapman and Hall
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Christmas Books (1869)

An omnibus containing the five Christmas books: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, and The Battle of Life.

Publisher: Chapman and Hall
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The Chimes: A Goblin Story (1899)

The goblins ringing the chimes show Trotty a dystopian future -- he wakes determined to do what he can to make things better. This Christmas story followed the successful A Christmas Carol.

Publisher: Chapman and Hall
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