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Hard Times

Hard Times For These Times - Penguin English Library

Paperback (26 Jul 1973)

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Publisher's Synopsis

In the persons of Gradgrind and Bounderby, Dickens stigmatized the prevalent philosophy of utilitarianism which, whether in school or factory, allowed human beings to be caged in a dreary scenery of brick terraces and foul chimneys, to be enslaved to machines and reduced to numbers.

About the Publisher

Penguin Classics

In January 1946, the Penguin Classics list was launched with E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey. The series now consists of over 800 titles including the best in English, American, European, classical and non-western literature and an extensive range of philosophy, religion, art, history and politics titles.

Book information

ISBN: 9780140430424
Publisher: Penguin Group (UK)
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.8
DEWEY edition: 18
Number of pages: 336
Weight: -1g
Height: 15mm