Hard times
Dickens, Charles, 1812-18702009
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Hard Times is Dickens's portrait of a Lancashire mill town in the 1840s. Through the characters of Gradgrind & Boudnerby he stigmatised the philosopy of Utilitarianism, which allowed human beings to be enslaved to machines and reduced to numbers.
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Imprint:
Vintage Classic, 2009
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(pbk)
ISBN:
0099518929
Dewey class:
CL
Local class:
FIC.JFFT Pbk
Language:
English
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BRN:
730266