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Hard Times — Charles Dickens

Hard Times

Charles Dickens

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 283 pages

Hard Times is a novel by Charles Dickens set in the fictional industrial town of Coketown. It follows Thomas Gradgrind, an educator devoted to facts, and explores the human costs of utilitarianism and industrial life. It is worth listening to for its vivid characters and social critique.

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Contents

  1. Hard Times and Reprinted Pieces [0]
  2. CONTENTS
  3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. BOOK THE FIRST SOWING
  5. BOOK THE SECOND REAPING
  6. BOOK THE THIRD GARNERING
  7. FOOTNOTES
  8. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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