
Hard Times
Charles Dickens(Author)
Bantam Classics (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 1981
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-553-21016-3 (ISBN)
Description
Written deliberately to increase the circulation of Dickens's weekly magazine, Household Words, Hard Times was a huge and instantaneous success upon publication in 1854. Yet this novel is not the cheerful celebration of Victorian life one might have expected from the beloved author of The Pickwick Papers and The Old Curiosity Shop. Compressed, stark, allegorical, it is a bitter exposé of capitalist exploitation during the industrial revolution-and a fierce denunciation of the philosophy of materialism, which threatens the human imagination in all times and places. With a typically unforgettable cast of characters-including the heartless fact-worshipper
Mr. Gradgrind, the warmly endearing Sissy Jupe, and the eternally noble Stephen Blackpool-Hard Times carries a uniquely powerful message and remains one of the most widely read of Dickens's major novels.
Mr. Gradgrind, the warmly endearing Sissy Jupe, and the eternally noble Stephen Blackpool-Hard Times carries a uniquely powerful message and remains one of the most widely read of Dickens's major novels.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Target group
Interest Age: From 4 to 9 years
Product notice
Paperback (mass)
Dimensions
Height: 175 mm
Width: 106 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
159 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-553-21016-3 (9780553210163)
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Charles Dickens With an Introduction by Robert Donald Spector