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 xiv
... natural attitudes, kissing and embracing her; and brought the children to take leave of her.” Master Kidderminster, “in whose young nature there was an original flavour of the misanthrope, who was also known to have harboured ...
... natural attitudes, kissing and embracing her; and brought the children to take leave of her.” Master Kidderminster, “in whose young nature there was an original flavour of the misanthrope, who was also known to have harboured ...
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... nature, and tell you exactly what it comes to. It is a mere question of 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 ...
... nature, and tell you exactly what it comes to. It is a mere question of 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 ...
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... natural tinge, that he looked as though, if he were cut, he would bleed white. “Bitzer,” said Thomas Gradgrind. “Your definition of a horse.” 14 Charles Dickens “Quadruped. Graminivorous.3 Forty teeth, namely, twenty-four grinders ...
... natural tinge, that he looked as though, if he were cut, he would bleed white. “Bitzer,” said Thomas Gradgrind. “Your definition of a horse.” 14 Charles Dickens “Quadruped. Graminivorous.3 Forty teeth, namely, twenty-four grinders ...
Page 19
... 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, and dragging it into gloomy statistical dens ...
... 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, and dragging it into gloomy statistical dens ...
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... natural to cheerful youth, but with uncertain, eager, doubtful flashes, which had something painful in them, analogous to the changes on a blind face groping its way. She was a child now, of fifteen or sixteen, but at no distant day ...
... natural to cheerful youth, but with uncertain, eager, doubtful flashes, which had something painful in them, analogous to the changes on a blind face groping its way. She was a child now, of fifteen or sixteen, but at no distant day ...
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