The story of The Chimes concerns 

a working class man who

comes to believe that he is worthless and worries that
working-class people are wicked by nature. On New Year's
Eve, some goblins show him visions of what will become of his
loved ones if they are allowed to continue believing that they
are worthless and wicked. Toby Veck, called Trotty due to the
strange way he walks, is a hard-working, honest but poor man,
who has a deep obsession with the bells in the church tower,
the porch of which is where he waits for work as a ticket porter.
The strange thing about Trotty is that when the bells chime, it’s
as if he hears them ringing out messages.  He lives with his
daughter, Margaret .we can neither call it ordinary nor unusual
the book had many twists which were interesting and mind
blowing. There was nothing much at the very beginning of the
story but it was iimportant as the story gave us a detailed
information about the characters
.The main character of The Chimes is Toby Veck, known to
everyone as Trotty Veck, a man who is more than sixty years
old, has worked hard all his life but is still very poor. Trotty Veck
earns a meagre living as a porter and messenger, getting his
nickname as a result of constantly "trotting" about from place to
place. Some other main characters were -

 Toby "Trotty" Veck, the protagonist, a poor elderly

messenger or "ticket-porter."
 Margaret "Meg" Veck, Toby's 21-year-old daughter
 Mrs. Anne Chickenstalker, the local shopkeeper
 Alderman Cute, a Justice of the Peace
 Mr. Filer, a political economist in the Utilitarian mould
 Sir Joseph Bowley, a rich paternalist MP
 Will Fern, a countryman
 Lilian Fern, Will's orphaned niece

Toby veck has a daughter whose name is Margaret . lilian fern

is will ferns niece. The characters were very well described
about their family ,work , what all do they like or what all do
they hate etc..I found toby veck very sympathetic as not only
because he was the main character but his character was very
interesting.
in this book the characters did not change . this book was
reffered to in as third person .yes the settings were described in
detail. Yes the feeling and the attitudes were describes in
detail.

My favourite part of the book was when on New Year’s Eve,

Toby hears the tolling of the bells, and thinking they are calling
to him, he goes to the church, where he finds the door to the
bell tower unlocked and open.  Climbing the stairs, when he
reaches the bells, he is greeted with the vision of a multitude of
goblins dancing. There was no such moments or characters
that I would have improved but I would have added more
characters in the story
Yes I do feel that the writer had a particular reason to write the
story. As some of the lines in the story depict real history
Trotty's conviction that poor people are naturally wicked is
influenced by an article in his newspaper about a young woman
who has tried to hurt herself, and this motif returns at the climax
of the book. I feel very good after reading this book this book it
goes throughout the struggle that is faced by a poor person .i
surely think that I have learnt many many interesting as well as
important things after reading this book it has taught me ways
to live my life happily .this book has bought a smile on the face
of many readers as Charles dickens books are very interesting.
I would recommend to read this book and also other book of
the author.