| Hard Times Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1717518206 ISBN-13: 9781717518200 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Lexile Measure: 1060 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 7" W x 10" (0.88 lbs) 226 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1854, Hard Times is a profoundly moving, articulate and searing indictment of the life-reducing effects of the industrial revolution, and certain aspects of enlightenment thinking. Set in the fictional midlands mill-town of Coketown, the narrative centers on the industrialist, Mr Thomas Gradgrind, whose belief in scientific utilitarianism skews his world view and is a motive force, carrying the narrative towards farce and tragedy. Gradgrind's no-nonsense abhorrence of 'fancy' extends to his implementing an ambitious education scheme that aims to exclude all 'nonsense' and keep the minds of young people focused squarely on facts. |