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Hard times for these times / Charles Dickens ; edited with an introduction and notes by Kate Flint.
Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, school owner and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and 'bully of humility' Mr. Bounderby, and his son Tom rebels to become embroiled in gambling and robbery. And, as their fortunes cross with those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe and victimized weaver Stephen Blackpool, Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognize the value of the human heart in an age of materialism and machinery.
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- ISBN: 9780141439679
- ISBN: 014143967X
- Physical Description: xli, 321 p. ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: London, UK ; Penguin, 2003.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Alternate title: "Hard times". |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxiv]-xxxvii). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A Dickens chronology -- Introduction -- Further reading -- A note on the text -- Hard Times -- Appendix I Dickens's working notes -- Appendix II Running titles added in 1867-8. |
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| Subject: | Social problems > Fiction. England > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Political fiction. Domestic fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Thompson Campus Library | PR 4561 .A2 F57 2003 (Text) | 58500000377176 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
