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portada Hard Times (Macmillan Collector's Library)
Type
Physical Book
Category
Literature
Year
2016
Language
English
Pages
416
Format
Hardcover
ISBN13
9781509825431
Edition No.
No

Hard Times (Macmillan Collector's Library)

Charles Dickens (Author) · Collectoržs Library · Hardcover

Hard Times (Macmillan Collector's Library) - Charles Dickens

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Synopsis "Hard Times (Macmillan Collector's Library)"

A novel of social and moral themes, Hard Times is the archetypal Dickens novel, filled with family difficulties, estrangement, rotten values and unhappiness. Published in 1854, it is set in the imaginary Coketown, an industrial city inspired by Preston, and tells the story of the family of Thomas Gradgrind, a man obsessed with misguided 'Utilitarian' values that make him trust facts, statistics and practicality over emotion. Based on James Mill (the Utilitarian leader), Gradgrind raises his own children, Louisa and Tom, in line with these same views, forcing an artless existence on them. Contemporary critics such as Macaulay savaged the book for its supposed 'sullen socialism' but it has become well regarded since earning the favour of George Bernard Shaw. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition is illustrated by Harry French, with an afterword by David Stuart Davies. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

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