Hard Times
08 September 2016
Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Synopsis
A novel of social and moral themes, Hard Times is the archetypal Dickens novel, filled with family difficulties, estrangement, rotten values and unhappiness. Published in 1854, it is set in the imaginary Coketown, an industrial city inspired by Preston, and tells the story of the family of Thomas Gradgrind, a man obsessed with misguided 'Utilitarian' values that make him trust...
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08 September 2016
416 pages
9781509825431
Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library