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Hard Times
Year
2015
Language
ENGLISH
Publication Information
Xist Publishing
Summary
Dickens' satirical indictment of 19th century Utilitarianism. Hard Times by Charles Dickens is his most unusual novel. It is substantially shorter than his others and is not set in London, but in a fictitious mil town named Coketown. The novel follows the life of the young people and workers of Coketown as they seek to survive the utilitarian ideals manifest in the town.