Hard Times
by Charles Dickens
Taste attributes: dramaslowfresh & originalrealisticlinearenclosedsocial commentarycoming of agecomplex relationship
Boxlist takeExpect an inventive, realistic novel, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.9 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Published
- 1854
- Pages
- 326
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- Open Library
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