The Chimes: With A Lost Charles Dicken's Interview

Toby “Trotty” Veck, a humble and tender-hearted messenger, struggles each day under the crushing weight of poverty and the harsh indifference of the society around him. A man of simple faith and steadfast spirit, he finds his hope tested by the injustices he witnesses—the arrogance of the wealthy, the despair of the poor, and the cruel suggestion that the downtrodden are to blame for their own misery. On a bleak New Year’s Eve, as Trotty listens to the ancient church chimes echoing through the fog, a strange and wondrous transformation occurs.

The bells seem to speak, their voices rising from the steeple like a chorus of celestial rebuke and consolation. Through a series of haunting visions, Trotty is shown what may come to pass if despair and selfishness are allowed to rule the human heart. He beholds the fates of those he loves—his gentle daughter Meg, her earnest suitor Richard, and others caught in the snares of hopelessness and neglect. Each vision strikes at his conscience and renews his faith in the worth of every human soul.

When Trotty awakens, humbled and enlightened, he understands that redemption lies not in grand gestures but in simple acts of compassion, courage, and love. Dickens, with his masterful blend of social criticism and moral storytelling, weaves a moving parable that condemns cruelty and celebrates kindness.

With a Dickens Bio, Interview, Quotations, Catherine Dickens, Secrets, In America, Death, Last Will, Did Dickens Invent Christmas, The Enlightenment Of Scrooge, The Chain I Forged In Life, Jacob Marley And Tiny Tim The Moral Compass Of A Christmas Carol, Chronology.

A true Dickens Christmas classic.

© 2025 Icon Audio Arts (오디오북): 9781998618927

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