The chimes
(2016)

Fiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC : Made available through hoopla, 2016
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 43 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781520019383 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11732830, 1520019386 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11732830
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Read by Steven Crossley

In the 1840s Charles Dickens wrote 5 short stories with strong social and moral messages. The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rand an Old Year Out and a New Year In, is the second of these stories, whose predecessor was the famous A Christmas Carol. The Chimes focuses on Trotty, a poor elderly messenger who is filled with gloom over reports of crime and immorality in the newspapers. After losing faith in the society, Trotty follows a call to the church bell tower where he encounters Goblins that teach him, and listeners, lessons in the form of visions about the mistreatment of the lower class in society. This story of social awakening inspires listeners to treat everyone with fair kindness.\

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