Hard TimesThis story of class conflict in Victorian England serves as a powerful critique of the social injustices that plagued the Industrial Revolution. Always concerned with issues of class, social injustice, and employment, Dickens shows in Hard Times, written in 1854, a broader concern with the philosophies and economic movements which underlie those issues. Three parallel story lines reflect a broad cross-section of society and its thinking. This edition includes: -A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information -A chronology of the author's life and work -A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context -An outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader's own interpretations -Detailed explanatory notes -Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work -Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction -A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience |
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Page 11
... figures, a case of simple arithmetic. You might hope to get some other nonsensical belief into the head of George Gradgrind, or Augustus Gradgrind, or John Gradgrind, or Joseph Gradgrind (all suppositions, non-existent persons), but ...
... figures, a case of simple arithmetic. You might hope to get some other nonsensical belief into the head of George Gradgrind, or Augustus Gradgrind, or John Gradgrind, or Joseph Gradgrind (all suppositions, non-existent persons), but ...
Page 17
... figures which are susceptible of proof and demonstration. This is the new discovery. This is fact. This is taste.” The girl curtseyed, and sat down. She was very young, and she looked as if she were frightened by the matterof-fact ...
... figures which are susceptible of proof and demonstration. This is the new discovery. This is fact. This is taste.” The girl curtseyed, and sat down. She was very young, and she looked as if she were frightened by the matterof-fact ...
Page 19
... figures on it. Not that they knew, by name or nature, anything about an Ogre. Fact forbid! I only use the word to express a monster in a lecturing castle, with Heaven knows how many heads manipulated into one, taking childhood captive ...
... figures on it. Not that they knew, by name or nature, anything about an Ogre. Fact forbid! I only use the word to express a monster in a lecturing castle, with Heaven knows how many heads manipulated into one, taking childhood captive ...
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... figure in Parliament. Stone Lodge was situated on a moor within a mile or two of a great town—called Coketown in the present faithful guide-book. A very regular feature on the face of the country, Stone Lodge was. Not the least disguise ...
... figure in Parliament. Stone Lodge was situated on a moor within a mile or two of a great town—called Coketown in the present faithful guide-book. A very regular feature on the face of the country, Stone Lodge was. Not the least disguise ...
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... ) like an indifferently executed transparency of a small female figure, without enough light behind it. Hard Times 29 “She kept a chandler's shop,”1 pursued Bounderby, Dickens_HardTimes_001-430 10/20/06 8:30 AM Page 28.
... ) like an indifferently executed transparency of a small female figure, without enough light behind it. Hard Times 29 “She kept a chandler's shop,”1 pursued Bounderby, Dickens_HardTimes_001-430 10/20/06 8:30 AM Page 28.
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