Review: Hard Times
User Review - Somerandom - GoodreadsRating. 2.8 Stars Now, don't get me wrong. I do not in any way shape or form, deny Charles Dickens' talent as a writer or his influence over the industry. In fact I like a lot of his film/TV show ... Read full review
Review: Hard Times
User Review - GoodreadsI took this one up with some trepidation, because back when I was stuck at Berkeley doing the English major dance, in 19th Century Lit., there were always assignments of those fat, exhaustive novels ...
Review: Hard Times
User Review - Juli Rahel - GoodreadsI think that by now my dislike for Dickens has been well noted so this review might be a surprise to some. But I had to read it for one of my modules, Studying Literature, and to be honest, I am happy ... Read full review
Review: Hard Times
User Review - Layaal Hage - GoodreadsHard Times is the first novel I have read of this genre. Although it is not one of my most appreciated novels, the themes are very powerful and the way in which they are depicted is effective. What I ... Read full review
Review: Hard Times
User Review - GoodreadsGenre: Classic Synopsis: Thomas Gradgrind, schoolmaster and father of five, is firm on the idea that what should be taught in the home and the schoolroom is facts, nothing but facts. Fancy of any kind ...
Review: Hard Times
User Review - GoodreadsThomas Gradgrind believes in a system of education in which children should be filled with facts and only facts. There is no room for sentiment or imagination. He runs a school that operates in this ...
Review: Hard Times
User Review - Ryandake - Goodreadsha! ha! the cheek of giving Charles Dickens four stars. i feel positively churlish. this refers to the audiobook edition, by the way. what happens when your education pounds your imagination into dust ... Read full review
Review: Hard Times
User Review - Smcleish - GoodreadsOriginally published on my blog here in July 2000. Generally considered Dickens' weakest novel, and certainly consistently his least known, Hard Times is a campaigning work about the conditions ... Read full review
Review: Hard Times
User Review - GoodreadsI have discovered that the only way I can really enjoy Dickens is on audio. Otherwise, as I discovered with Hard Times and Great Expectations, the written voice inflections are difficult to consume ...
Review: Hard Times
User Review - Yvann S - GoodreadsI hope not all Dickens is like this. If it is, this is going to be a long project, as I keep reading anything other than the next one! The tale of the Gradgrinds – father, a schoolmaster with a very ... Read full review
