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Hard Times

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4 out of 5
Based on 91 Ratings and 87 Reviews

Book Description
Despite the title, Dickens's portrayal of early industrial society here is less relentlessly grim than that in novels by contemporaries such as Elizabeth Gaskell or Charles Kingsley. Hard Times weaves the tale of Thomas Gradgrind, a hard-headed politician who raises his children Louisa and Tom without love, of Sissy the circus girl with love to spare who is deserted and adopted into their family, ... More
Book Information
PublisherBroadview Press
BindingPaperback (158 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages460
ISBN-10155111075X
ISBN-13978-1551110752
Publication Date03/12/1996
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About Charles Dickens (Author) : Charles Dickens, (February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victorian era as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Critics George Gissing an... more
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About Graham Law (Editor) : Graham Law is a published author and an editor. Published credits of Graham Law include Great Expectations, Hard Times (Broadview Literary Texts), and The Evil Genius (Broadview Literary Texts).
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