num_pages: 200
description: One of the most widely read of Dickens' major novels, Hard Times is a bitter expose of capitalist exploitation during the Industrial Revolution, and a fierce denunciation of materialism. Unabridged.
language: English
title: Hard Times
titlecomplete: Hard Times
characters: Mr. M'Choakumchild, Mrs. Sparsit, Stephen Blackpool, Louisa Gradgrind, James Harthouse, Sissy Jupe, Josiah Bounderby, Thomas Gradgrind
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Novels, Classic Literature, Victorian, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 66502
places: Coketown
publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks