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Hard Times

Hard Times

Charles Dickens · 1854 · 326 pages

FictionSocial problemsUtilitarianismEducationSocial life and customsSocial conditions

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Hard Times is Dickens's shortest novel, and arguably his greatest triumph. A useful appendix of the author's working notes, together with an enlightening introduction and full explanatory notes, will ensure that this edition becomes the obvious choice for anyone studying the novel. Paul Schlike is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen. -

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