Hard Times: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Hard Times is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Dickens, Charles (1812–1870).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Hard Times" by Charles Dickens is a novel first published in 1854. Set in the fictional industrial town of Coketown, it satirizes the harsh social and economic conditions of Victorian England. The story follows the rigid utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind, his children Louisa and Tom, the boastful factory owner Josiah Bounderby, and the struggling mill worker Stephen Blackpool. Through their intersecting lives, Dickens examines the grinding divide between wealthy capitalists and exploited workers in post-Industrial Revolution society, questioning whether facts alone can sustain human happiness.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Hard Times
- Author credits: Dickens, Charles (1812–1870)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Domestic fiction
- Education -- Fiction
- England -- Fiction
- Political fiction
- Social problems -- Fiction
- Utilitarianism -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Novels
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