description: By 1854, when Hard Times was published, Charles Dickens' magisterial progress as a writer had come to incorporate a many-sided, coherent vision of English society, both as it was and as he wished it to be. Hard Times. a classic Dickensian story of redemption set in a North of England town beset by industrialism, everywhere benefits from this vision - in the trenchancy of its satire, in its sweeping indignation at social injustice, and in the persistent humanity with which its author enlivens his largest and smallest incidents.
language: English
title: Hard Times: for These Times
titlecomplete: Hard Times: for These Times (Collected Works of Charles Dickens)
characters: Mrs. Sparsit, Stephen Blackpool, Josiah Bounderby, Thomas Gradgrind, Mr. M'Choakumchild, James Harthouse, Louisa Gradgrind, Sissy Jupe
genres: Historical Fiction, Novels, School, Literature, Victorian, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 66503
places: Coketown
publisher: Classic Books