03155cam a2200445 4500 1651388480 TxAuBib 20241009120000.0 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781620111789 1620111780 B000FC2N76 Amazon 189d3d5e-b6b2-4feb-86ba-a66e1f4990ee OverDrive (Reserve ID) 784596 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Hard Times [Libby eBook] : For these Times. Duke Classics. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 489kB. Format: OverDrive Open EPUB eBook, Filesize: 482kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p>First published in 1854, <i>Hard Times</i> is a profoundly moving, articulate and searing indictment of the life-reducing effects of the industrial revolution, and certain aspects of enlightenment thinking. Set in the fictional midlands mill-town of Coketown, the narrative centers on the industrialist, Mr Thomas Gradgrind, whose belief in scientific utilitarianism skews his world view and is a motive force, carrying the narrative towards farce and tragedy.</p> <p>Gradgrind's no-nonsense abhorrence of 'fancy' extends to his implementing an ambitious education scheme that aims to exclude all 'nonsense' and keep the minds of young people focused squarely on facts.</p> <p>The book is ultimately an argument in favor of fancy and radical thinking, and a damning critique of industrial capitalism and its exploitation and repression of the workers whose lives were spent (literally) in sustaining the system.</p>. Classic Literature. Fiction. 6. 7. 8. 9. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-10-09 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2389-1/189/D3D/5E/HardTimesFortheseTimes9781620111789.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=189D3D5E-B6B2-4FEB-86BA-A66E1F4990EE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2389-1/189/D3D/5E/HardTimesFortheseTimes9781620111789.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=189D3D5E-B6B2-4FEB-86BA-A66E1F4990EE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2389-1/189/D3D/5E/HardTimesFortheseTimes9781620111789.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=189D3D5E-B6B2-4FEB-86BA-A66E1F4990EE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2389-1/189/D3D/5E/HardTimesFortheseTimes9781620111789.epub Excerpt (Open EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=189D3D5E-B6B2-4FEB-86BA-A66E1F4990EE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Open EPUB eBook) TXTLL