Name : Hard Times

Author : Charles Dickens

Book Format : Paperback

Edition : 1

Genre : Literature & Fiction

ISBN : 9789394791121

Language : English

Pages : 201-300 Pages

Publish Year : 2022

Publisher : PRINTS PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD

Reading age : Adults

Sub Genre : Contemporary Fiction Novels Books

“My satire is against those who see figures and averages, and nothing else,” proclaimed Charles Dickens in explaining the theme of this classic novel. Published in 1854, the story concerns one Thomas Gradgrind, a “fanatic of the demonstrable fact,” who raises his children, Tom and Louisa, in a stifling and arid atmosphere of grim practicality.Considered Dickens’ harshest indictment of mid-19th-century industrial practices and their dehumanizing effects, this novel offers a fascinating tapestry of Victorian life, filled with the richness of detail, brilliant characterization, and passionate social concern that typify the novelist’s finest creations.of Dickens’ work, the eminent Victorian critic John Ruskin had this to say : “He is entirely right in his main drift and purpose in every book he has written; and all of them, but especially Hard Times, should be studied with close and earnest care by persons interested in social questions

Country of Origin : India