The Chimes

The Chimes is a short story by Charles Dickens following Trotty Veck, an aging ticket-porter who shivers outside a church door waiting for work, finding companionship only in the bells above him. When pompous gentlemen convince him that the poor are born wicked and have no right to happiness, Trotty's spirit breaks — until the Chimes drag him into a ghostly vision of what awaits his beloved daughter Meg if despair wins. Set on New Year's Eve, the story pits cold institutional cruelty against the stubborn warmth of ordinary human love.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-short-stories--6577582/support.