Hard Times: Illustrated Edition Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 8027330475 ISBN-13: 9788027330478 Publisher: E-Artnow OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Satire - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
Lexile Measure: 750 |
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6" W x 9" (0.58 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 50672 Reading Level: 9.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 20.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Sissy is a poor young girl whose father works in circus and who attends school in Coketown, run by Superintendent Mr. Gradgrind. After he caught two of his children going to circus, Mr. Gradgrind dismiss Sissy from the school because of her bad influence on the other children. Soon Sissy discovers that her father has abandoned her thereto, in hope that she will lead a better life without him. Members of the circus appear at Superintendent's door and Mr. Gradgrind gives Sissy a choice: to return to the circus and forfeit her education, or to continue her education and work for Mrs. Gradgrind, never returning to the circus. Sissy accepts the latter, hoping to be reunited with her father. |