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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... manner of breathing, ventured the answer, Because he wouldn't paper a room at all, but would paint it. “You must paper it,” said the gentleman, rather warmly. “You must paper it,” said Thomas Gradgrind, “whether you like it or not. Don ...
... manner of breathing, ventured the answer, Because he wouldn't paper a room at all, but would paint it. “You must paper it,” said the gentleman, rather warmly. “You must paper it,” said Thomas Gradgrind, “whether you like it or not. Don ...
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... manner. He and some one hundred and forty other schoolmasters had been lately turned at the same time, in the same factory, on the same principles, like so many pianoforte legs.9 He had been put through an immense variety of paces, and ...
... manner. He and some one hundred and forty other schoolmasters had been lately turned at the same time, in the same factory, on the same principles, like so many pianoforte legs.9 He had been put through an immense variety of paces, and ...
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... manners, and customs of all the countries, and all their boundaries and bearings on the two-and-thirty points of the compass. Ah, rather overdone, McChoakumchild. If he had only learnt a little less, how infinitely better he might have ...
... manners, and customs of all the countries, and all their boundaries and bearings on the two-and-thirty points of the compass. Ah, rather overdone, McChoakumchild. If he had only learnt a little less, how infinitely better he might have ...
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... manner; but he would probably have described himself (if he had been put, like Sissy Jupe, upon a definition) as “an eminently practical” father. He had a particular pride in the phrase eminently practical, which was considered to have ...
... manner; but he would probably have described himself (if he had been put, like Sissy Jupe, upon a definition) as “an eminently practical” father. He had a particular pride in the phrase eminently practical, which was considered to have ...
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... manner, “I should as soon have expected to find my children reading poetry.” “Dear me,” whimpered Mrs. Gradgrind. “How can you, Louisa and Thomas! I wonder at you. I declare you're enough to make one regret ever having had a family at ...
... manner, “I should as soon have expected to find my children reading poetry.” “Dear me,” whimpered Mrs. Gradgrind. “How can you, Louisa and Thomas! I wonder at you. I declare you're enough to make one regret ever having had a family at ...
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