The Chimes: A Goblin Story -- A Maison FORMS Access Edition?
Charles Dickens
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Every year has a threshold -- a moment where the old must be confronted
before the new can begin.
For Toby "Trotty" Veck, that moment arrives on a bleak New Year's Eve,
when the great church bells fall silent, the world turns inward,
and a haunting summons calls him to reckon with the weight of his own despair.

First published in 1844, The Chimes is Dickens at his most urgent and visionary.
Where A Christmas Carol speaks of kindness,
this tale speaks of dignity -- of the forgotten, the working poor,
and the quiet souls who carry burdens the world refuses to see.
It is a story of spirits and visions, of futures glimpsed and choices reframed,
where the supernatural becomes a mirror for human worth.

This Maison FORMS Access Edition? presents the novella in a gently modernized form -- clear, faithful, and deeply attuned to Dickens's emotional force -- while preserving the cadence, symbolism, and social conviction that define the original. The refinements are subtle; the integrity is intact.

Within these pages, the reader follows Trotty through a night where:
? The bells speak with voices older than memory
? Goblin messengers unveil the harshness of society's judgment
? The future reveals the cost of hopelessness
? And a humble man learns the profound truth of his own value

It is a tale about renewal born from sorrow --
a reminder that no life is too small to matter,
and no spirit too burdened to rise again.

What This Edition Offers
? Light modernization for clarity and seamless reading
? Fidelity to Dickens's structure, imagery, and moral vision
? A clean, accessible entry point into Victorian seasonal literature
? Part of the Maison FORMS Access Editions? initiative

For readers who want a darker, deeper companion to A Christmas Carol --
and for those who understand that every new year begins with a choice.

Maison FORMS · Access Editions? · 2025
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