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Hard Times

The backdrop to this campaigning novel is the grim industrial centre of Coketown, with its belching chimneys, purple-dyed river and hordes of downtrodden mill hands.

Here headmaster Thomas Gradgrind sternly prepares his pupils for their pre-determined

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The backdrop to this campaigning novel is the grim industrial centre of Coketown, with its belching chimneys, violet-dyed river & hordes of downtrodden mill hands.

Here headmaster Thomas Gradgrind sternly prepares his pupils for their pre-determined fate as industrial fodder. Facts & figures are all that he will tolerate, because he scorns fancy & forbids any use of the imagination. Gradgrinds own children are brought up on the same bleak doctrine.

There will be tragic consequences, both for his submissive daughter Louisa & degenerate son Tom, before their father acknowledges the value of the human heart. Hard Times is Dickens shortest novel, yet one of his most politically controversial & hard-hitting.

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• ISBN: 9781788280495
• Author: Charles Dickens
• Publisher: Arcturus
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 253
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 1.5cm

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With over 300 UK stores and more than 40000 different products in store each year, The Works is Britain's top discount book store. A well known presence on the high street, The Works was founded in 1981 to bring affordable books to the public. It now offers a large range of exciting products, including arts and crafts products, toys, gifts and seasonal products, all at discounted prices, making it a superb place to find items for hobbies and gifts for all ages. The book selection includes children's books, fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of subjects from food and drink and craft and DIY to entertainment, autobiographies and history. Art and crafts products range from children's craft sets to sewing materials and professional artists' brushes. As well as big brands, The Works also sells their own high quality branded products.
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