i want to know what readers think of this story before i start reading the novel.
2006-12-29 06:44:19 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The novel is unusual, in that it is not set in London, as is Dickens' usual wont, but the fictitious Victorian industrial town of Coketown.
Dickens wished to expose the assumption that prosperity runs parallel to morality, something which is cruelly shattered in this novel, due to his portrayal of the moral monster, Mr. Bounderby, and James Harthouse, the cynical aristocrat. Dickens was also campaigning for the importance of imagination in life, and not for people's life to be reduced to a collection of material facts and statistical analysis. Dickens' favourable portrayal of the Circus, who he describes as caring so 'little for Plain Fact', is an example of this.
Despite being a bestselling novel, critics have been found to have a diverse range of opinions on Dickens' novel.
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2006-12-29 06:53:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I read it as a sophomore in High School and again as a college freshman. It is a good intro into Charles Dickens and his writing because of its length--pretty short. It was decent novel, but he has written better. It is very critical about the industrial revolution and social class issues of his time.
Just go to pinkmonkey.com or sparknotes.com for a summary. They have good study questions and notes on different themes as well.
2006-12-29 07:01:02 · answer #2 · answered by Sensible_5 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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can anyone give me a brief summary of "Hard Times",by charles dickens???
i want to know what readers think of this story before i start reading the novel.
2015-08-13 06:03:33 · answer #3 · answered by Joeann 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sparknotes Hard Times
2016-12-11 16:28:05 · answer #4 · answered by cavallo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard Times Sparknotes
2016-10-04 11:10:42 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like going to Amazon to read reviews, it might help you to :)
http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Times-Charles-Dickens/dp/1576460797
Also, SparkNotes.com has the whole book online to read :)
http://pd.sparknotes.com/lit/hardtimes/
2006-12-29 06:47:20 · answer #6 · answered by Life after 45 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read it lazy!!! Basically its about the 2 very diffrent lives of 2 famillies that meet each other
2016-03-13 15:12:28 · answer #7 · answered by Jennie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check "We don't need no education.." Pink Floyd -THE WALL and compare the description of the school...WHat changed in 150 years?
2015-11-30 11:47:43 · answer #8 · answered by Leo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a look at these comments on Amazon
2006-12-29 06:48:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to sparknotes.com they give you an overall summary and chapter summary.
2006-12-29 06:46:41 · answer #10 · answered by Blaire 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋