https://dickenssearch.com/speeches/1858-09-27_Speech_Reading_in_Edinburgh?output=atom2024-03-29T13:51:44+00:00Omekahttps://dickenssearch.com/speeches/1858-09-27_Speech_Reading_in_EdinburghReading in Edinburgh]]>The Chimes (27 September 1858).]]>2024-01-26T16:50:26+00:00
‘Mr. Dickens, who, on entering, was welcomed by prolonged and cordial applause, premised his reading by informing us that the little story he was to read was written by him in Italy about twelve years ago, and for the purpose of expressing his views on certain subjects then before the public mind. With the season the story passed away, leaving with us, however, some visionary remembrances of the ghosts of the Chimes, as well as some lingering recollections of less aerial groups hovering round the destiny of poor Toby Veck.’