Why the Chimes Rang: A Play in One Act - Softcover

McFadden, Elizabeth Apthorp

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438532806 ISBN 13: 9781438532806

Publisher: Book Jungle, 2009

Synopsis

Why the Chimes Rang was adapted from the story of the same name: by Raymond McDonald Alden. This beautiful Christmas story tells of two young boys wanting to go to church. The journey will take all afternoon. An old woman needs their help and they must choose the right course of action. The play ends with the chimes ringing out after years of silence. This is a wonderful book full of inspiration and the true meaning of Christmas.

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About the Author

Raymond Macdonald Alden (1873 – 1924) was an American scholar and educator, born in New Hartford, N. Y. He studied at Rollins College, Fla., and at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1894. He took post-graduate studies there at Penn and at Harvard. In 1894-95 he was instructor in English at Columbian (now George Washington) University; in 1896-97 assistant in English at Harvard; and in 1898-99 senior fellow in English at the University of Pennsylvania. He was chosen to fill the position of assistant professor of English literature and rhetoric at Leland Stanford, Jr., University in 1899, then became associate professor there in 1909. He accepted the chair of English at the University of Illinois in 1911. He edited several plays of Shakespeare and other Elizabethan dramatists and in 1910 an edition of Thoreau's Walden. Alden also became known as a contributor to educational journals and short stories to magazines. In 1913 he edited an edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint.

Edition details

• Publisher: Book Jungle
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438532806
• ISBN 13: 9781438532806
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 54