Hard Times - Charles Dickens

Hard Times by Charles Dickens was published in 1854 and is set in Northern England in Coketown, a polluted and suffering place with smoke-filled factories and soulless workers who have been downtrodden by the cruel and heartless Thomas Gradgrind and Josiah Bounderby.

Follow the trials and tribulations of the Gradgrind family in Dickens' famous satire set during the industrial revolution. 

The novel was published to mixed criticism, with many feeling at the time that it was too distressing. However, many modern critics have praised the book, calling it a gripping and revealing exploration of Victorian society.

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 Literary terms produced for the modern reader

Hardback, Deluxe edition, foiled and embossed, with gilded edges., 672 pages, 191000 words

Size: 15cm x 9.3cm x 2.1cm

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