The Chimes, A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In: The Second Christmas Book

"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. This volume is a facsimile reprint edition and features beautiful illustrations throughout.