Hard Times (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) - Charles Dickens - Books - Engage Books - 9781774762417 - February 16, 2021
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Hard Times (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) Royal Collector's edition

Charles Dickens

Hard Times (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) Royal Collector's edition

Hard Times is set in the imaginary industrial town of Coketown, the soulless domain of the strict Gradgind and the heartless factory owner Bounderby. The eminently practical Mr. Gradgrind, teaches nothing but facts, eradicating any imaginative or aesthetic subjects from the curriculum, while analysis, deduction and mathematics are emphasised. Mr. Bounderby himself superintends through calculating tabular statements and statistics, and is always secretly rebuking the people of Coketown for indulging in conceitful activities. Human joy is seen as the open-hearted and affectionate people act as an antidote to the ruthless behaviour Dickens presents.

Hard Times appraises English society and highlights the social and economic pressures of the times. Dickens wished to confront the assumption that prosperity runs parallel to morality, a notion which is systematically deconstructed in this novel through his portrayal of the moral monsters, Mr. Bounderby and James Harthouse. Dickens was also campaigning for the importance of imagination in life, and for people's lives to not be reduced to a collection of material facts and statistical analyses.

This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.


252 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 16, 2021
ISBN13 9781774762417
Publishers Engage Books
Pages 252
Dimensions 161 × 238 × 26 mm   ·   546 g
Language English  

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