Charles Dickens' Hard TimesPart of Longman's Cultural Edition series, Charles Dickens' Hard Times offers this intriguing novel within several provocative and illuminating contexts--cultural, critical, and literary. Based on the first edition, Hard Times is extensively annotated, with a lively introduction and helpful notes on cultural references, social and political mores, literary allusions, and unfamiliar word usage. In addition to providing a chronology coordinating Dickens' life with key historical events, the editors explore the political, economical, educational, and social state of England in the 1830s and 1840s. Many of these issues are reflected in the section of Victorian-era reactions to Hard Times. A guide to further reading is provided as a service to students, scholars, and the curious. |
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Page 88
... manner , and said : - " My dear Louisa , you are a woman ! " She answered with the old , quick , searching look of the night when she was found at the Circus ; then cast down her eyes . " Yes , father . " " My dear , " said Mr ...
... manner , and said : - " My dear Louisa , you are a woman ! " She answered with the old , quick , searching look of the night when she was found at the Circus ; then cast down her eyes . " Yes , father . " " My dear , " said Mr ...
Page 121
... manner , a manner to which she might attach as much or as little meaning as she pleased , " The side that can prove anything in a line of units , tens , hundreds , and thou- sands , Mrs. Bounderby , seems to me to afford the most fun ...
... manner , a manner to which she might attach as much or as little meaning as she pleased , " The side that can prove anything in a line of units , tens , hundreds , and thou- sands , Mrs. Bounderby , seems to me to afford the most fun ...
Page 338
... manner of wearing this , as if there were a want of adaptation between him and it , recalling some mechanics in ... manner , or a manner that would be better described as one of lying in 338 Contexts.
... manner of wearing this , as if there were a want of adaptation between him and it , recalling some mechanics in ... manner , or a manner that would be better described as one of lying in 338 Contexts.
Contents
Hard Times 1854 | 3 |
Condition of England | 267 |
and Its Discontents | 302 |
Copyright | |
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