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Hard Times

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4 out of 5
Based on 23,310 Ratings and 1,445 Reviews

Book Description
No other work of Charles Dickens presents such a scathing indictment against the relentless greed of the Victorian industrial society and its misapplied philosophy. With savage bitterness, Dickens unmasks the terrible industries that imprisoned the bodies of the helpless labor class and the equally diabolical institutions that shackled the development of their minds.
Book Information
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
BindingPaperback (158 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages368
ISBN-100140433988
ISBN-13978-0140433982
Publication Date01/01/1998
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About Charles Dickens (Author) : Charles Dickens, (February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victorian era as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Critics George Gissing an... more
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About Kate Flint (Author, Contributor, Editor) : Kate Flint is a published author and an editor. Some of the published credits of Kate Flint include The Rainbow (Oxford World's Classics), Hard Times, Can You Forgive Her? (Oxford World's Classics).
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