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.
Hard Times (Bantam Classics)
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Author: Dickens, Charles
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 9780553210163
Details:
Author: Dickens, Charles
Brand: Bantam Classics
Color: Black
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Pages: 320
Release Date: 01-03-1981
Package Dimensions: 7.0 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780553210163
