Hard Times
Description
Dickens scathing portrait of Victorian industrial society and its misapplied utilitarian philosophy, Hard Times features schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind, one of his most richly dimensional, memorable characters. Filled with the details and wonders of small-town life, it is also a daring novel of ideas and ultimately, a celebration of love, hope, and limitless possibilities of the imagination.
Subjects
Fiction
Social problems
Utilitarianism
Education
Social life and customs
Social conditions
Married people
Industrial revolution
Problèmes sociaux
Conditions sociales
Romans, nouvelles
Mœurs et coutumes
Criticism and interpretation
Hard times (Dickens, Charles)
Manners and customs