Hard Times (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

Hard Times (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

Hard Times (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

In Hard Times, Dickens illustrates the condition of England through the fictional city of Coketown. Among its inhabitants are Thomas Gradgrind, the utilitarian headmaster who attempts to impose his rigid worldview on his family circle, and the uncaring businessman Mr Bounderby. Their materialist

Hard Times (Dickens Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Hard Times (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

Hard Times--Dickens's shortest novel and one of his triumphs--tells the tragic story of Louisa Gradgrind and her father and has had lasting appeal to generations of readers. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from

Hard Times (Dickens Charles)(Pevná vazba)

A novel of social and moral themes, Hard Times is the archetypal Dickens novel, filled with family difficulties, estrangement, rotten values and unhappiness. Published in 1854, it is set in the imaginary Coketown, an industrial city inspired by Preston, and tells the story of the family of Thomas

Hard Times (Vintage Classics Dickens Series) (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

The children at Mr. Gradgrind's school are sternly ordered to stifle their imaginations and pay attention only to cold, hard reality. They live in a smoky, troubled industrial town so entertainment is hard to come by and resentments run deep. The effects of Gradgrind's teaching on his own children,

Hard Times (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

This Norton Critical Edition includes: - Sylvere Monod's superbly edited text, based on the 1854 edition and accompanied by Fred Kaplan's expanded annotations. - Fourteen illustrations from 1854 to circa 1890. - Contextual pieces by social critics and theorists of Dickens' time that give readers

Hard Times (Dickens Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas

Hard Times (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

'Facts alone are wanted in life.' The children at Mr Gradgrind's school are sternly ordered to stifle their imaginations and pay attention only to cold, hard reality. They live in a smoky, troubled industrial town where entertainment is hard to come by and resentments run deep. The effects of

Hard Times (Dickens Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school owner and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless

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Four-level graded readers series, perfect for reading practice and language skills development at upper-primary and lower-secondary levels. Listen along with downloadable MP3

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Charles Dickens describes his time as an insomniac, when he decided to cure himself by walking through London in the small hours, and discovered homelessness, drunkenness, and vice on the streets. This collection of essays shows him as one of the greatest visionaries of the city in all its variety

A Christmas Carol (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

A Christmas Carol is one of Charles Dickens' most loved books - a true classic and a Christmas time must-read. Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways. By visiting

Hard Times (Dickens Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and

A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...' Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities portrays a world on fire, split between Paris and London during the brutal and bloody events of the French Revolution. After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette

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While Charles Dickens is best known and celebrated for his prolific journalistic output and novelistic creations, he also devoted some of his creative energies to verse. At turns sentimental, melancholy, playful, humorous and satirical, and ranging considerably in tone and format - from songs to

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