Hard times for these times / Charles Dickens

Public ISBD Titre : Hard times for these times Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Charles Dickens ; Kate Flint Editeur : London [England] : Penguin Books Année de publication : 2003 Collection : Penguin classics Importance : xli, 321 p. Format : 20 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 0-14-143967-X Note générale : Reissued with revised Note on the text, revised and updated Further reading and new appendices, 2003. Langues : Anglais Catégories : LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:828 English literature Mots-clés : Social problems  Domestic fiction Index. décimale : 823/.8 Résumé : Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from any young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and ‘bully of humanity’ Mr Bounderby, and his son Tom rebels to become embroiled in gambling and robbery. And, as their fortunes cross with those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe and victimized weaver Stephen Blackpool, Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognize the value of the human heart in an age of materialism and machinery. Hard times for these times [texte imprimé] / Charles Dickens ; Kate Flint . - London (England) : Penguin Books, 2003 . - xli, 321 p. ; 20 cm. - (Penguin classics) . ISBN : 0-14-143967-X Reissued with revised Note on the text, revised and updated Further reading and new appendices, 2003. Langues : Anglais Catégories : LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:828 English literature Mots-clés : Social problems  Domestic fiction Index. décimale : 823/.8 Résumé : Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from any young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and ‘bully of humanity’ Mr Bounderby, and his son Tom rebels to become embroiled in gambling and robbery. And, as their fortunes cross with those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe and victimized weaver Stephen Blackpool, Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognize the value of the human heart in an age of materialism and machinery.

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