Hard times for these times / Charles Dickens ; edited with an introduction and notes by Kate Flint.
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TextSeries: Penguin classicsPublication details: London ; New York : Penguin, 2003.Description: xli, 321 p. ; 20 cmISBN: - 014143967X
- 9780141439679
- Hard times
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from any young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and 'bully of humanity' 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 victimized weaver Stephen Blackpool, Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognize the value of the human heart in an age of materialism and machinery.
'First published 1854. Published in Penguin Classics in 1995. Reissued with revised Note on the Text, revised and updated Further Reading and new appendices 2003.' --verso t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxiv]-xxxvii).