Hard Times: Vol. I. / Hard Times. And Reprinted Pieces, Volume 2 (First Avenue Classics ™)
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- Synopsis
- Mr. Gradgrind, views himself as the most practical man in Coketown. He has raised his children, Tom and Louisa, to be no-nonsense, unimaginative, and unsentimental. His friend—obnoxious, wealthy Josiah Bounderby—employs Tom as a clerk at his bank, and marries Louisa, thirty years his junior. But soon emotionally-repressed Louisa is nearly seduced into committing adultery, and unscrupulous Tom is suspected of robbing Bounderby's bank. Will Louisa be able to make her father see the shortcomings of his personal philosophy before it's too late? Or will Mr. Gradgrind be forced to reap what he sowed? Written by English author Charles Dickens, this satire of Victorian economic principles and social inequity was first published as a serial in Household Words over twenty weeks in 1854. This unabridged version is taken from the 1905 copyright edition.
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 348 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781512405392
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781512405385, 9781512402230, 9781512405378
- Publisher:
- Lerner Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 03/07/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Laurie Friedman
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
- Grade Levels:
- Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
- Reading Age:
- 12–18
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.