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Whimsy, imagination, and sentiment have been banned in the Gradgrinds' upper-class household, but in Coketown, whose working class inhabitants fight for their very survival, the ban becomes a merciless creed. There, all that matters are the grinding wheels of production. Hard Times reflects a harsh world of grueling labor and pitiless relationships. But it is also a story of hope, of something elemental in the human spirit that rises above its bleak surroundings. Pertence à série publicadaEveryman's Library (292) — 22 mais Imprint Society (1972) insel taschenbuch (955) Penguin Audiobooks (PEN 56) Penguin Clothbound Classics (2011) Penguin English Library, 2012 series (2012-07) Project Gutenberg EBook (786, 9709) Rowohlt Jahrhundert (10) The World's Classics (264) Está contido emTem a adaptaçãoInspiradoTem um comentário sobre o textoTem um guia de estudo para estudantesNotable ListsGreatest Books algorithm (2535)
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HTML: 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. .Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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(Introduction, page 35)
The indefatigable Mrs Sparsit, with a violent cold upon her, her voice reduced to a whisper, and her stately frame so racked by continual sneezes that it seemed in danger of dismemberment…
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