Hard Times

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780141198347 Author(s): Charles Dickens Format: Hardcover Illustrator: Coralie Bickford-Smith Language: English Year: 2011 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Pages: 368 Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics

Description: Dickens's satirical and enduring classic, in a gorgeous new clothbound editionPart of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from any young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and 'bully of humanity' Mr Bounderby, and his son Tom rebels to become embroiled in gambling and robbery. And, as their fortunes cross with those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe and victimized weaver Stephen Blackpool, Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognize the value of the human heart in an age of materialism and machinery.

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