Author Description

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. In Addition To A Christmas Carol And The Cricket On The Hearth, The Christmas Books Include The Battle Of Life (1846) And The Haunted Man And The Ghost's Bargain (1848).