Hard Times, For These Times (English Library) - Softcover

Dickens, Charles; Craig, David

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9780140430424: Hard Times, For These Times (English Library)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140430423 ISBN 13: 9780140430424

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1973

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In the persons of Gradgrind and Bounderby, Dickens stigmatized the prevalent philosophy of utilitarianism which, whether in school or factory, allowed human beings to be caged in a dreary scenery of brick terraces and foul chimneys, to be enslaved to machines and reduced to numbers.

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"A masterpiece...a completely serious work of art" (F.R.Leavis)

"The greatest of Dickens' work...should be studied with close and earnest care" (John Ruskin)

"Big and earnest, though circus folk and bank robbery add colour to its canvas of industrialists and loveless marriages" (Sunday Times)

Book Description:

The Vintage Classics Dickens Series: six beautifully tailored editions of Dickens' most beloved books

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