Hard Times (Annotated, LARGE PRINT)

Hard Times (Annotated, LARGE PRINT)

by Charles Dickens
Hard Times (Annotated, LARGE PRINT)

Hard Times (Annotated, LARGE PRINT)

by Charles Dickens

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Overview

Read one of the greatest classics of all time.

The definitive edition.

  • Features an extended biography of the life and experiences of Charles Dickens
  • Large Print edition - Easy Reading Text
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No one can bring Victorian England alive like Charles Dickens.

Set in dreary Coketown, England, the novel follows Thomas Gradgrind, a school owner who is a staunch supporter of utilitarianism that he imposes on his students and family. His two children, Tom and Louisa, are raised into a life where creativity and wonder are banned by their father.

"Do the wise thing and the kind thing too, and make the best of us and not the worst."

As a result, Tom and Louisa descend into lives of misery. Louisa becomes involved in a loveless marriage and Tom, lacking a moral compass, turns into a gambling thief. As Thomas watches his children sink into depths of failure and unhappiness, he realizes that his own ethics and beliefs have contributed to the very degradation of society he so opposes.

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781649220646
Publisher: Sastrugi Press LLC
Publication date: 01/17/2021
Series: Sastrugi Press Large Print Classics
Edition description: Large Type
Pages: 418
Sales rank: 749,289
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.93(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is probably the greatest novelist England has ever produced, the author of such famous books as A Christmas Carol, Hard Times, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, and Oliver Twist. His innate comic genius and shrewd depictions of Victorian life — along with his indelible characters — have made his books beloved by readers the world over. Dickens was born in Landport, Portsea, England and died in Kent after suffering a stroke. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know hunger, privation, and the horrors of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. These unfortunate early life experiences helped shape many of his greatest works.

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington
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