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Hard Times: For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book surveys English society and satirises the social and economic conditions of the era.
- Charles Dickens
- Serialised April 1854 – 12 August 1854; book format 1854
- 1854
- Novel
Learn about the plot, characters, themes, and context of Hard Times, a novel by Charles Dickens that critiques the Industrial Revolution and utilitarianism. Find study tools, test prep, and full text of the novel on SparkNotes.
Hard Times, novel by Charles Dickens, published in serial form (as Hard Times: For These Times) in the periodical Household Words from April to August 1854 and in book form later the same year. The novel is a bitter indictment of industrialization, with its dehumanizing effects on workers and communities in mid-19th-century England.
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'Hard Times - For These Times' (pt.: Tempos Difíceis) é o décimo romance de Charles Dickens, publicado em 1854. O livro é uma apreciação da sociedade inglesa e tem como objetivo dar destaque às pressões económicas e sociais daquele tempo. É o romance mais curto do autor e o único que não apresenta prefácio ou ...
- Charles Dickens
- inglês
- Ficção
- Reino Unido
A brief overview of the novel's main events, characters, and themes. Learn how Mr. Gradgrind's obsession with facts leads to the misery and tragedy of his family and workers in Coketown.
She curtseyed again, and would have blushed deeper, if she could have blushed deeper than she had blushed all this time. Bitzer, after rapidly blinking at Thomas Gradgrind with both eyes at once, and so catching the light upon his quivering ends of lashes that they looked like the antennæ of busy insects, put his knuckles to his freckled forehead, and sat down again.
A synopsis of Charles Dickens's novel Hard Times, which depicts the harsh realities of industrial life in Coketown, England. The story follows the characters of Thomas Gradgrind, Louisa, Stephen Blackpool, and others as they struggle with rationalism, love, and social injustice.
