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Charles Dickens, Fred Kaplan, Graham Law, Jane (AFT) Smiley, Sylvere Monod - Hard Times Books

Charles Dickens, Fred Kaplan, Graham Law, Jane (AFT) Smiley, Sylvere Monod - Hard Times

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Written deliberately to increase the circulation of Dickens&#8217;s weekly magazine, <i>Household Words, Hard Times</i> was a huge and instantaneous success upon publication in 1854. Yet this novel is not the cheerful celebration of Victorian life one might have expected from the beloved author of <i>The Pickwick Papers</i> and <i>The Old Curiosity Shop</i>. Compressed, stark, allegorical, it is a bitter expos&#233; of capitalist exploitation during the industrial revolution&#8211; and a fierce denunciation of the philosophy of materialism, which threatens the human imagination in all times and places. With a typically unforgettable cast of characters&#8211; including the heartless fact-worshipper <br>Mr. Gradgrind, the warmly endearing Sissy Jupe, and the eternally noble Stephen Blackpool&#8211; <i>Hard Times</i> carries a uniquely powerful message and remains one of the most widely read of Dickens&#8217;s major novels.

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Dickens's Hard Times: Still Relevant 150 Years Later

by  Nathanael73 ,  Sep 23, 2000
28 out of 28 people found this review helpful.
Pros: relevant issues, excellent satire and description
Cons: some may find the ending unsatisfactory
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: Charles Dickens's Hard Times is a brilliant and complex novel that tackles many social issues that are highly relevant in these times, almost 150 years after its publication. Hard Times is often referred to as Dickens's "Industrial...
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Entertaining but, ultimately, a joyless socialist diatribe!

by  cpw1952 ,  Mar 18, 2009
18 out of 18 people found this review helpful.
Pros: As thoroughly entertaining and Dickensian as any other Dickens novel I've read.
Cons: Dated extreme socialist politics and one unresolved plot issue (which is REALLY unlike Dickens)
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Enjoyable and a must read for Dickens fans!

This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: "Hard Times" is set in the ugly and imaginary (but all too realistic) mid-Victorian Northern city of Coketown - a near-dystopian blend of the worst of capitalism and the ravages of rampant industrialization. Its blackened factories...
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"When the night comes, Fire bursts out"

by  jordan_tar ,  Feb 15, 2002
18 out of 18 people found this review helpful.
Pros: An intelligent, well-crafted novel
Cons: Difficult diction
The Bottom Line: A sharp, haunting, and gentle satire, full of despair - yet also with a curious faith and hope.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: After having been miserably bogged down in "A Tale of Two Cities" (grudgingly read for school) and tragically having lost the plot of "Bleak House" (read for pleasure), I was expecting that "Hard Times" (also read for school) would be difficult, to...
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