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 169
... present . You'll have the goodness to keep it quiet , and mention it to no one . It may take time , but we shall have ' em . It's policy to give ' em line enough , and there's no objection to that . " " Of course , they will be punished ...
... present . You'll have the goodness to keep it quiet , and mention it to no one . It may take time , but we shall have ' em . It's policy to give ' em line enough , and there's no objection to that . " " Of course , they will be punished ...
Page 247
... present themselves to pay at the door . If Mr. Sleary were taking the money , he would be sure to know her , and would proceed with discretion . If he were not he would be sure to see them inside ; and , knowing what he had done with ...
... present themselves to pay at the door . If Mr. Sleary were taking the money , he would be sure to know her , and would proceed with discretion . If he were not he would be sure to see them inside ; and , knowing what he had done with ...
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... Present ( 1843 ) Few works of Victorian social criticism had so immediate and far- reaching influence as Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle . It was writ- ten in response to the economic depression in England that led to the Hungry ...
... Present ( 1843 ) Few works of Victorian social criticism had so immediate and far- reaching influence as Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle . It was writ- ten in response to the economic depression in England that led to the Hungry ...
Contents
Hard Times 1854 | 3 |
Condition of England | 267 |
and Its Discontents | 302 |
Copyright | |
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