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This story of class conflict in Victorian England serves as a powerful critique of the social injustices that plagued the Industrial Revolution.

Always concerned with issues of class, social injustice, and employment, Dickens shows in Hard Times, written in 1854, a broader concern with the philosophies and economic movements which underlie those issues. Three parallel story lines reflect a broad cross-section of society and its thinking.

This edition includes:
-A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information
-A chronology of the author's life and work
-A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical...Read more
  • ISBN10 1416523731
  • ISBN13 9781416523734
  • Publish Date 1 January 2007 (first published 1 April 1854)
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Simon & Schuster
  • Edition Enriched Classic
  • Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
  • Pages 448
  • Language English