Hard Times
Charles Dickens

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Introduction

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. Amazon.com Review

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• Charles Dickens - An Overview
• Charles Dickens - An Occasional Bibliography
• Free E-Text of Hard Times from Abacci Books
• Classic Notes page on Charles Dickens
• Major Ideas in Hard Times

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• Collection of essays on Hard Times
• Representation of Industrialization in Dickens' Hard Times

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• Hard Times (Cliff Notes) by Josephine J. Curton
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