Hard Times
Author(s): Charles Dickens
Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, Mr Thomas Gradgrind bans fancy and wonder from young minds. As a consequence his daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman, and his son Tom rebels to become embroiled in gambling and robbery. Then, their fortunes cross with a circus girl Sissy Jupe and a weaver Stephen Blackpool.
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Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist before establishing his reputation as a novelist with The Pickwick Papers (1836-7). His novels captured and held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Penguin Character Books Ltd
- : 0.278
- : 25 October 2007
- : 181mm X 111mm X 27mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Charles Dickens
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 823.8
- : 384
