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Review: Hard Times

This book, to me, I'm going to be honest, was extremely boring and depressing. Which is supposed to be the point I assume (the depressing part). Written by the infamous Charles Dickens its a stor ... Read full review

Review: Hard Times

Charles Dickens somehow manages to make this book completely distressing but extremely hopeful all at once. I guess that's what he does in most of his books, if not all, but it just seemed more potent in this one I guess. Read full review

Review: Hard Times

If you look at the story itself it is far too simple for Dickens' standards. That is to say, we are not going to find the greatest plot of his novels here, rather one of the tamest. But, as it is ...

Review: Hard Times

I have had this book on my shelf since my wife studied it at college in 1979. I had avoided reading it (although I've enjoyed every Dickens Book I've read). I suppose I associated Hard Times with Hard ... Read full review

Review: Hard Times

I must admit...I laughed aloud at this: 'Pretend indeed!' said Mrs Sparsit. 'I am sure we are constantly hearing, ma'am, till it becomes quite nauseous, concerning their wives and families,' said ... Read full review

Review: Hard Times

This is Dickens' very best at what he does the very best. The so-over-the-top, and yet painfully true-to-life characters, (by virtue of the wonderful names alone: Bounderby, M'Chokumchild, Blackpool ... Read full review

Review: Hard Times

A slim and compact tale whose characters and story packs a powerful punch, Dickens' Hard Times is as vitriolic an indictment against the institutionalized teaching model Paolo Friere scathingly ... Read full review

Review: Hard Times

The Mechanization of Human Beings Hard Times suggests that nineteenth-century England's overzealous adoption of industrialization threatens to turn human beings into machines by thwarting the ... Read full review

Review: Hard Times (Penguin Red Classics)

I read this book after watching a DVD version with my family. From what I understand, it isn't considered one of his best books. The characters are fairly sketchy, the moral tone is fairly heavy ... Read full review