Hard Times: For These Times
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The 'terrible mistake' was the contemporary utilitarian philosophy, expounded in Hard Times (1854) as the Philosophy of Fact by the hard-headed disciplinarian Thomas Gradgrind. But the novel, Dickens's shortest, is more than a polemical tract for the times; the tragic story of Louisa Gradgrind and her father is one of Dickens's triumphs. When Louisa, trapped in a loveless marriage, falls pr... More
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Publisher | Penguin Young Readers Group |
Binding | Kindle Edition (158 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 368 |
ISBN-10 | B000OIZT2W |
Publication Date | 01/01/1996 |
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About Kate Flint (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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