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The Chimes
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Narrator
- Stephen Scalon
- Publisher
- Page2Page
- Publish Date
- 20 October 2019
- Run Time
- 3 hours 59 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Narrator
- Stephen Scalon
- Duration
- 3 hours 59 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 October 2019
- ISBN
- 9782291081142
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Page2Page
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
"The Chimes" is Charles Dickens 1844 novella that concerns the disillusionment of Toby "Trotty" Veck, a poor working-class man. When Trotty has lost his faith in Humanity and believes that his poverty is the result of his unworthiness he is visited on New Year's Eve by spirits to help restore his faith and show him that nobody is born evil, but rather that crime and poverty are things created by man.
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