Hard Times
eBook - ePub

Hard Times

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Hard Times

About this book

Hard Times stands as Charles Dickens's most searing indictment of the Victorian age's utilitarian ethos. Set against the grim backdrop of a northern mill town, this novel pits the cold, calculating philosophy of Thomas Gradgrind—a man who raises his children on a diet of nothing but statistics and empirical data—against the unruly, vital, and deeply human forces of imagination and compassion. Through the tragic fates of Louisa Gradgrind, bound to a loveless marriage, and Stephen Blackpool, an honest worker ostracized for his integrity, Dickens weaves a narrative of unflinching social critique. Yet, in the midst of the soot and machinery, he finds room for the redemptive grace of Sleary's circus, a tawdry but joyous sanctuary where wonder is still allowed to breathe. This edition offers a timeless exploration of the conflict between progress and humanity, reason and feeling—a warning, as urgent now as ever, against the tyranny of a world that measures all things, even the soul, by the cold calculus of profit.

Information

Publisher
Cactus
Year
2026
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9791256798841
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. By Dickens in Cactus Catalogue:
  2. Book I - CHAPTER I
  3. CHAPTER II
  4. CHAPTER III
  5. CHAPTER IV
  6. CHAPTER V
  7. CHAPTER VI
  8. CHAPTER VII
  9. CHAPTER VIII
  10. CHAPTER IX
  11. CHAPTER X
  12. CHAPTER XI
  13. CHAPTER XII
  14. CHAPTER XIII
  15. CHAPTER XIV
  16. CHAPTER XV
  17. CHAPTER XVI
  18. Book II - CHAPTER I
  19. CHAPTER II
  20. CHAPTER III
  21. CHAPTER IV
  22. CHAPTER V
  23. CHAPTER VI
  24. CHAPTER VII
  25. CHAPTER VIII
  26. CHAPTER IX
  27. CHAPTER X
  28. CHAPTER XI
  29. CHAPTER XII
  30. Book III - CHAPTER I
  31. CHAPTER II
  32. CHAPTER III
  33. CHAPTER IV
  34. CHAPTER V
  35. CHAPTER VI
  36. CHAPTER VII
  37. CHAPTER VIII
  38. CHAPTER IX

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