Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10929487
Hard Times
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens Hard Times
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Hard Times for These Times
Charles Dickens
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HWHS1A
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Hard Times
Charles Dickens
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Xist Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781623958992
Hard Times by Charles Dickens Pdf
Dickens' satirical indictment of 19th century Utilitarianism “Do the wise thing and the kind thing too, and make the best of us and not the worst.” ― Charles Dickens, Hard Times Hard Times by Charles Dickens is his most unusual novel. It is substantially shorter than his others and is not set in London, but in a fictitious mil-town named Coketown. The novel follows the life of the young people and workers of Coketown as they seek to survive the utilitarian ideals manifest in the town. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
Hard Times
Charles Dickens
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Fiction in English
ISBN : BNC:1001933654
Hard Times by Charles Dickens Pdf
The world of Hard Times For These Times revolves around a small industrial town firmly in the grip of one businessman. Bounderby is owner of the local mill and Gradgrind, his employee, is the schoolmaster--together they define and enforce the town's moral character with an iron fist. Many of the characters--including Gradgrind eventually--try and fail to resist Bounderby's influence, to their own demise. Published in 1854, the novel revealed Dickens' sharpest views on capitalism and its questionable moral underpinnings and spurred significant critical debate among his contemporaries. This is a free digital copy of a book that has been carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. To make this print edition available as an ebook, we have extracted the text using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology and submitted it to a review process to ensure its accuracy and legibility across different screen sizes and devices. Google is proud to partner with libraries to make this book available to readers everywhere.
Hard Times
Charles Dickens
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : England
ISBN : HARVARD:32044011500618
Hard Times by Charles Dickens Pdf
Hard Times
Charles Dickens
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775411130
Hard Times by Charles Dickens Pdf
First published in 1854, Hard Times is a profoundly moving, articulate and searing indictment of the life-reducing effects of the industrial revolution, and certain aspects of enlightenment thinking. Set in the fictional midlands mill-town of Coketown, the narrative centers on the industrialist, Mr Thomas Gradgrind, whose belief in scientific utilitarianism skews his world view and is a motive force, carrying the narrative towards farce and tragedy. Gradgrind's no-nonsense abhorrence of 'fancy' extends to his implementing an ambitious education scheme that aims to exclude all 'nonsense' and keep the minds of young people focused squarely on facts. The book is ultimately an argument in favor of fancy and radical thinking, and a damning critique of industrial capitalism and its exploitation and repression of the workers whose lives were spent (literally) in sustaining the system.
Selected Short Fiction
Charles Dickens
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141936932
Selected Short Fiction by Charles Dickens Pdf
This witty and amusing collection of short pieces shows Dickens liberated from the more formal and sustained demands of the novel and experimenting with a diverse range of fictional techniques. In his tales of the supernatural, he creates frighteningly believable, spine-tingling stories of prophetic dreams and visions, as well as more fantastical adventures with goblins and apparitions. Impressionistic sketches combine imaginatively heightened travel journals with wry observations of home and abroad, while in his dramatic monologues, Dickens demonstrates his talent for exploring the secret workings of the human mind. These short works display Dickens's exuberant sense of comedy and character as his imagination is given free rein.
Hard Times
Charles Dickens,Fred Kaplan,Sylvère Monod
Author : Charles Dickens,Fred Kaplan,Sylvère Monod
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393975606
Hard Times by Charles Dickens,Fred Kaplan,Sylvère Monod Pdf
"A Chronology and updated Selected Bibliography are also included."--BOOK JACKET.
Grave Expectations
Sherri Browning Erwin,Charles Dickens
Author : Sherri Browning Erwin,Charles Dickens
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451617252
Grave Expectations by Sherri Browning Erwin,Charles Dickens Pdf
Heaven knows, we need never be ashamed of our wolfish cravings. . . . Bristly, sensitive, and meat-hungry Pip is a robust young whelp, an orphan born under a full moon. Between hunting escaped convicts alongside zombified soldiers, trying not to become one of the hunted himself, and hiding his hairy hands from the supernaturally beautiful and haughty Estella, whose devilish moods keep him chomping at the bit, Pip is sure he will die penniless or a convict like the rest of his commonly uncommon kind. But then a mysterious benefactor sends him to London for the finest werewolf education money can buy. In the company of other furry young gentlemen, Pip tempers his violent transformations and devours the secrets of his dark world. When he discovers that his beloved Estella is a slayer of supernatural creatures, trained by the corpse-like vampire Miss Havisham, Pip’s desire for her grows stronger than his midnight hunger for rare fresh beef. But can he risk his hide for a truth that will make Estella his forever—or will she drive one last silver stake through his heart?
Hard Times
Charles Dickens
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789354866579
Hard Times by Charles Dickens Pdf
Hard Times is one of the most popular novels by Charles Dickens. First published in 1854, the book chronicles the then English society and satirizes the socio- economic conditions of the era. It is the shortest of Dickens's novels in which the story is set in the fictitious Victorian industrial Coketown, One is easily carried away by its description in the novel that says, “It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it…” Hard Times has been one of Dickens' best-sellers and widely taught in schools. The novel was serialized before the complete volume of the book was published. Hard Times follows a classical three-way structure in which first part of the book is entitled ‘Sowing’, second part is ‘Reaping’, and the third is ‘Garnering.’ In order to expose his views on the right of the common man, Dickens uses the character of Sleary, proprietor of Sleary's Circus.
The Charles Dickens Collection
Charles Dickens
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 198523307X
The Charles Dickens Collection by Charles Dickens Pdf
A collection of the three best Charles Dickens novels: A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, and Oliver Twist. Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.
Tales for Hard Times
David R. Collins
Author : David R. Collins
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822589143
Tales for Hard Times by David R. Collins Pdf
As a small boy, Charles Dickens worked in a dark, musty London warehouse, pasting labels onto pots of boot polish. He tried not to listen to his grumbling stomach or the rats squeaking on the stairs. His dream was to escape that misery one day and become a fine, educated gentleman. Through his gift for writing, that day did come for Dickens. But he never forgot what it was like to be poor. He wrote stories about London's lower classes--tales that made people laugh, cry, and work to improve their social conditions. By the time of his death, Charles Dickens had become one of the most popular English writers ever. Step into nineteenth-century London and the life of Charles Dickens in this exciting book. David R. Collins's exciting biography and David Mataya's powerful illustrations bring this master storyteller to life.
Hard Times
Charles Dickens
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003904997
Hard Times by Charles Dickens Pdf
Hard Times, Dickens's shortest novel and one of his major triumphs, tells the tragic story of Louisa Gradgrind and her father. No other work of Dickens presents so harsh an indictment against the attitude of life he associated with Utilitarianism. With savage bitterness Dickens exposes the devilish industries and institutions that exploited the bodies and minds of the vulnerable labor class.
Hard Times
Charles Dickens
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798673856918
Hard Times by Charles Dickens Pdf
'NOW, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own children, and this is the principle on which I bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!'The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a school-room, and the speaker's square forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the schoolmaster's sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves, overshadowed by the wall. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's mouth, which was wide, thin, and hard set. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and dictatorial. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the crust of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside. The speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders, -nay, his very neckcloth, trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was, -all helped the emphasis.
Hard Times for These Times
Charles Dickens
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Paw Prints
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Domestic fiction
ISBN : 1439570787
Hard Times for These Times by Charles Dickens Pdf
Thomas Gradgrind destroys the spiritual and emotional lives of his children by denying the importance of human feelings.