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Hard Times

Author
Charles Dickens
Read by
James Harrington
Language
English
Length
9 hours 56 minutes
ISBN
9781911065999
Published
6 August 2024
Imprint
Sovereign
  • industrialization
  • Coketown
  • utilitarianism
  • dehumanization
  • rigid education
  • mill workers
  • social critique
  • imagination
  • empathy
  • Victorian era

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"Hard Times" by Charles Dickens vividly portrays the stark realities of life in the industrial town of Coketown. Through the lives of Thomas Gradgrind, a staunch advocate of facts and utilitarianism, and his children Louisa and Tom, Dickens examines the dehumanizing effects of industrialization and rigid education. Interwoven with the struggles of mill workers and the contrasting world of compassionate circus folk, this novel critiques a society driven by profit and devoid of imagination and empathy.

Author

Charles Dickens is widely considered to be one of the most influential authors of the 19th century. His works, which are frequently used to analyze Victorian literature and culture, exemplify a unique narrative style that provides an in-depth exploration of characters and their relationships with their respective social milieu. His use of realism, satire, and dark humor has been credited as a major influence on many modern authors.

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