The Chimes : Charles Dickens
5.25" x 8.25"
94 Pages, Available in Hardback, Paperback, eBook
Every year at Christmas we take a break from being hard-bitten punk noir gunslingers and revel in some proper joyful Christmas cheer - this year's choice The Chimes is a thing of absolute beauty.
We've taken some care to pay homage to the original 1844 edition published by Chapman & Hall and the resulting vintage look cover is a real looker.
The Chimes is the 2nd of the five ‘Christmas Books’ written by Charles Dickens in the 1840s. The most successful of which was A Christmas Carol and while it’s still well known today, the other four books have slipped out of the public eye.
- A Christmas Carol (1843)
- The Chimes (1844)
- The Cricket on the Hearth (1845),
- The Battle of Life (1846)
- The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848)
Keen readers and movie buffs will spot that the script writers of perennial Christmas favourite It’s A Wonderful Life owe more than a passing credit to Charles Dickens and the plot of The Chimes.
Just a heads -up the hardback edition of this book is a genuinely beautiful object - a great gift for someone really special but they'll go fast.