Hard Times
$18.09
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2003
Summary
Hard Times: A Novel of Facts, Fancy, and the Human Heart
Coketown is dominated by Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from young minds.
As a consequence, his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman Mr. Bounderby, and his son Tom rebels, becoming embroiled in gambling and robbery. As their fortunes cross with Sissy Jupe, a free-spirited circus girl, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141439679 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014143967X |
| Author: | Charles Dickens, Kate Flint |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2003 |
| Weight: | 271g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist before establishing his reputation as a novelist with PICKWICK PAPERS (1836-7). His novels captured and held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years.
Kate Flint is Professor of English at Rutgers University. Her published work includes The Victorians and the Visual Imagination (2000).
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