The Chimes
by Charles Dickens, Richard Doyle, William Clarkson Stanfield
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There are not many people - and as it is desirable that a story-teller and a story-reader should establish a mutual understanding as soon as possible, I beg it to be noticed that I confine this observation neither to young people nor to little people, but extend it to all conditions of people: little and big, young and old: yet growing up, or already growing down again - there are not, I say, many people who would care to sleep in a church.
About this book
A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang An Old Year Out and A New Year In.
Themes & subjects
Classic LiteratureFictionSocial life and customsEnglish Christmas storiesManners and customsFiction, general
First published 2003About the author
Charles Dickens
7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870
Charles Dickens, was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most iconic characters, with the theme of social reform running throughout his work. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they have never gone out of print. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens
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