From the rear cover
My satire is against those who see figures and averages, and nothing else, proclaimed Charles Dickens in explaining the theme of this classic novel. Published in 1854, the story concerns one Thomas Gradgrind, a fanatic of the demonstrable fact, who raises his children, Tom and Louisa, in a stifling and arid atmosphere of grim practicality.
Without a moral compass to guide them, the children sink into lives of desperation and despair, played out against the grim background of Coketown, a wretched community shadowed by an industrial behemoth. Witnessing the degradation and downfall of his children, Gradgrind realizes that his own misguided principles have ruined their lives.
Considered Dickens' harshest indictment of mid-19th-century industrial practices and their dehumanizing effects, this novel offers a fascinating tapestry of Victorian life, filled with the richness of detail, brilliant characterization, and passionate social concern that typify the novelist's finest creations.
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- Title Hard Times
- Author Charles Dickens
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, Mineola, New York
- Date 2001-08
- ISBN 9780486419206 / 0486419207
- Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.24 x 0.6 in (21.34 x 13.31 x 1.52 cm)
- Ages 11 to UP years
- Grade levels 6 - UP
- Reading level 750
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- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, England
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001028391
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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