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Hard Times

By Charles Dickens

Hard Times Classics

Hard Times

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Description
A novel of social and moral themes, Hard Times is the archetypal Dickens novel, filled with family difficulties, estrangement, rotten values and unhappiness. Published in 1854, it is set in the imaginary Coketown, an industrial city inspired by Preston, and tells the story of the family of Thomas Gradgrind, a man obsessed with misguided 'Utilitarian' values that make him trust facts, statistics and practicality over emotion. Based on James Mill (the Utilitarian leader), Gradgrind raises his own children, Louisa and Tom, in line with these same views, forcing an artless existence on them. Contemporary critics such as Macaulay savaged the book for its supposed 'sullen socialism' but it has become well regarded since earning the favour of George Bernard Shaw. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition is illustrated by Harry French, with an afterword by David Stuart Davies. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
416
Release Date:
2016-09-08
Publication Date:
2016-09-08
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1509825436
ISBN13:
9781509825431
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
231 g
Height:
103 cm
Width:
156 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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