Hard Times
Author: Dickens, Charles
ISBN: 9780679642176
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Jul 2001
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback / softback
Dickens's widely read satirical account of the Industrial Revolution.
Dickens creates the Victorian industrial city of Coketown, in northern England, and its unforgettable citizens, such as the unwavering utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and the factory owner Josiah Bounderby, and the result is his famous critique of capitalist philosophy, the exploitative force he believed was destroying human creativity and joy. This edition includes new notes to the text.
ISBN: 9780679642176
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Jul 2001
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback / softback
Dickens's widely read satirical account of the Industrial Revolution.
Dickens creates the Victorian industrial city of Coketown, in northern England, and its unforgettable citizens, such as the unwavering utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and the factory owner Josiah Bounderby, and the result is his famous critique of capitalist philosophy, the exploitative force he believed was destroying human creativity and joy. This edition includes new notes to the text.
