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Hard Times

Charles Dickens

358 pages

About this book

Dickens scathing portrait of Victorian industrial society and its misapplied utilitarian philosophy, Hard Times features schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind, one of his most richly dimensional, memorable characters. Filled with the details and wonders of small-town life, it is also a daring novel of ideas and ultimately, a celebration of love, hope, and limitless possibilities of the imagination.

Themes
Funny & SatiricalPhilosophy & Big IdeasThought-ProvokingHeartfelt & EmotionalImagination versus rigid factsHumanity crushed by utilityIndustrial dehumanizationHope against despair
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