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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Yuck! Soot, coal, suffering. Rinse, lather, repeat. Even by the standards of Dickens' classic sentimentality for the underdog, this novel is a dud. Probably not the best introduction to Charles Dickens unless you want your child to enjoy the pleasures of never reading again. This novel makes Zola's "Germinal," also about downtrodden coal miners, seem like a work of candy-colored upbeat positivity. (  )1   kswolff | Dec 6, 2009 |  Added this to my "to-read" shelf per this enthusiastic blog post from CLP staff.  catalogthis | Nov 24, 2009 | This story is one of my favorite novels ever.I admit that this story is very sad,but it have a beautiful meaning.this novel revealed the cruel fate that Louisa faced because of her father's method in educating her ,also it showed the economic situation on that time in London.If you ever wondered about how the world will become if there was only facts every where,well I'm sure this story will show you how it will looks like,so boring full of sorrow and lack of emotions and humanity. Alya Ishaq Ibrahim (  ) getreadingswc | Oct 29, 2009 | This Dickens’ novel focuses on the hardships of the industrial movement in 19th century England. The characters are weavers, mill owners, the children of members of parliament, and an orphan girl of a troupe of traveling players. Some portions are overly melodramatic, in my humble opinion, but that’s just Charles Dickens. It’s still well worth a read. (  ) samfsmith | Oct 25, 2009 | The invention of Gradgrinds! Also the most meticulous and convincing demolition of 'the self-made man' I've ever seen or heard tell of. If you live in fascist America, if you only have time to read one Dickens novel in your life, this is the one Dickens novel you ought to read before you waste your life. Most highly recommended. ( ) dekesolomon | Oct 9, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0140620443, Paperback)(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)By 1854, when Hard Times was published, Charles Dickens' magisterial progress as a writer had come to incorporate a many-sided, coherent vision of English society, both as it was and as he wished it to be. Hard Times. a classic Dickensian story of redemption set in a North of England town beset by industrialism, everywhere benefits from this vision - in the trenchancy of its satire, in its sweeping indignation at social injustice, and in the persistent humanity with which its author enlivens his largest and smallest incidents. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:19 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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