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Charles Dickens, Fred Kaplan, Graham Law, Jane (AFT) Smiley, Sylvere Monod - Hard Times

 
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Charles Dickens, Fred Kaplan, Graham Law, Jane (AFT) Smiley, Sylvere Monod - Hard Times
 
 
 
 
 
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28 out of 28 people found this review helpful.

Dickens's Hard Times: Still Relevant 150 Years Later

Date of Review:  Sep 23, 2000
Review: Charles Dickens's Hard Times is a brilliant and complex novel that tackles many social issues that are highly relevant in these times, almost 150 years after its publication. Hard Times is often referred to as Dickens's "Industrial Novel" as it...
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  5.0

by: Nathanael73
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
relevant issues, excellent satire and...
Cons
some may find the ending unsatisfactory
 
18 out of 18 people found this review helpful.

Entertaining but, ultimately, a joyless socialist diatribe!

Date of Review:  Mar 18, 2009
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Enjoyable and a must read for Dickens fans!

Review: "Hard Times" is set in the ugly and imaginary (but all too realistic) mid-Victorian Northern city of Coketown - a near-dystopian blend of the worst of capitalism and the ravages of rampant industrialization. Its blackened factories belch soot, steam...
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  3.0

by: cpw1952
Recommended to buy: Yes

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As thoroughly entertaining and...
Cons
Dated extreme socialist politics and...
 
18 out of 18 people found this review helpful.

"When the night comes, Fire bursts out"

Date of Review:  Feb 15, 2002
The Bottom Line: A sharp, haunting, and gentle satire, full of despair - yet also with a curious faith and hope.
Review: After having been miserably bogged down in "A Tale of Two Cities" (grudgingly read for school) and tragically having lost the plot of "Bleak House" (read for pleasure), I was expecting that "Hard Times" (also read for school) would be difficult, to...
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  5.0

by: jordan_tar
Recommended to buy: Yes

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An intelligent, well-crafted novel
Cons
Difficult diction
 
9 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

Industrial revolution of entertainment

Date of Review:  Dec 8, 2001
The Bottom Line: a true class, leaving a lasting legacy upon all other entertainment
Review: In Hard Times Charles Dickens presents a harsh warning about the threats of the industrial revolution on mankind. The despoiling of nature, loss of emotion, theft of individuality, nullification of imagination, destruction of family, lies and...
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  5.0

by: skywarpii
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
good allusions, witty, pioneering
Cons
can be overwhelming
 
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

Tough Reading, Good Content

Date of Review:  May 5, 2000
Review: Charles Dickens was also one of these critics, expressing his views in the novel Hard Times. In this novel, Mr. Bounderby and Mr. Gradgrind, two gentlemen who firmly believe in education and proper schooling, represent the classic liberal view of...
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  2.0

by: nysgam
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
Great Storlyline
Cons
Not easy reading
 
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Everyone should read this

Date of Review:  Mar 4, 2000
Review: Charles Dickens? Hard Times subtly addressed the problems of the economic, and social situations of Victorian England through the fictitious industrial Coketown. In this era, progress is the main concern and industrialization is the tool used to...
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  5.0

by: grantzprice
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
True
Cons
Depressing
 
7 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

Write What You Know

Date of Review:  Apr 19, 2001
The Bottom Line: Honestly, it's not worth the ten or fifteen bucks. Even if you find it free in a book bin, it's probably not worth the room on your shelf.
Review: Hard Times, originally published in segments in the magazine "Household Words", is meant to be a brilliantly witty and socially penetrating commentary on the Industrial Revolution, the philosophy of Utilitarianism, and the state of British class...
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  2.0

by: normalmolly
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
satirical humour, ridiculous names
Cons
sanctimonious and uninformed
 
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Hard Times is how the book is to Read

Date of Review:  Feb 12, 2000
Review: The only reason I read this book was because it was assigned to me in English Class. Our teacher could pick any Dickens' book, and to think, she picked this one, what a mistake. Anyway, it was a difficult read, especially because my intelligence...
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  3.0

by: qt237
Recommended to buy: No

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Excellent literary elements, good for...
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Very Confusing
 

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