The Penguin English Library : Hard Times
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- Item Code: 44652
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- Author: Charles Dickens
- Publisher: Penguin Books Limited
- Edition: 1ST
- Isbn : 9780141199566
- 13 EAN: 9780141199566
The Penguin English Library Edition of Hard Times by Charles Dickens
'Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else'
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 victimised weaver Stephen Blackpool, Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognise the value of the human heart in an age of materialism and machinery.
The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in the English language, from the eighteenth century and the first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
| Book specification | |
|---|---|
| Author | Charles Dickens |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Limited |
| Edition | 1ST |
| Isbn | 9780141199566 |
| 13 EAN | 9780141199566 |
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