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Hard Times (Oxford World's Classics) - Charles Dickens
Hard Times (Oxford World's Classics)
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Full of suspense, humor, and tenderness, Hard Times is a brilliant defense of art in an age of mechanism and a blistering portrait of Victorian England as it struggles with the massive economic turmoil brought on by the Industrial Revolution.
Full of suspense, humor, and tenderness, Hard Times is a brilliant defense of art in an age of mechanism and a blistering portrait of Victorian England as it struggles with the massive economic turmoil brought on by the Industrial Revolution.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780199536276 (0199536279)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 299
Edition language: English
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3.0 Hard Times
Charleth Dickenth thtarring Daffy DuckI was really looking forward to reading Hard Times when I pulled it off the shelf. I’m a Dickens fan. A Tale of Two Cities is one of my all-time favorites, and Bleak House is right up there, too. And I have to say this was the most Dickensian novel that Dickens ...
This, that, and the other
This, that, and the other rated it
3.0 Hard Times
Charleth Dickenth thtarring Daffy DuckI was really looking forward to reading Hard Times when I pulled it off the shelf. I’m a Dickens fan. A Tale of Two Cities is one of my all-time favorites, and Bleak House is right up there, too. And I have to say this was the most Dickensian novel that Dickens ...
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Aren's Library rated it
4.0 Hard Times
Sad, but enjoyable.
Jenny's Book Bag
Jenny's Book Bag rated it
4.0 Hard Times
3.75 stars, maybe 3.5.I love Charles Dickens, but I don't think this is his best work. So far, my favorites are Great Expectations and David Copperfield, but I still have several Dickens novels on my to-read list. Dickens is the total package - great writer and storyteller with excellent characteriz...
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4.5 HARD TIMES Review
Synopsis: Set in a fictitious city named Coketown, popular for its factories, this novel tells the story of Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy man who believes strongly in factual things and rational ideas. Gradgrind has two children, Louisa and Tom. Gradgrind raises his children to believe in fact and the...
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