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A review by kynan
The Chimes by Charles Dickens
2.0
Finished 2017-01-06
A jolly way to ring in the new year! Well, kind of. At least fifty percent of the story is a pretty harrowing worst-case scenario for the protagonist, Trotty Veck, his family and friends.
It's very reminiscent of A Christmas Carol and, in fact, is apparently part of a series of Christmas pieces he was contracted to write, appearing one year after A Christmas Carol.
It's typical Dickensian fare, with characters you can wholeheartedly detest and, unfortunately, relate to all to well. The social injustice against which this book railed is just as familiar today as it was then.
A jolly way to ring in the new year! Well, kind of. At least fifty percent of the story is a pretty harrowing worst-case scenario for the protagonist, Trotty Veck, his family and friends.
It's very reminiscent of A Christmas Carol and, in fact, is apparently part of a series of Christmas pieces he was contracted to write, appearing one year after A Christmas Carol.
It's typical Dickensian fare, with characters you can wholeheartedly detest and, unfortunately, relate to all to well. The social injustice against which this book railed is just as familiar today as it was then.