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Autore |
Dickens Charles <1812-1870, > |
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Hard times / / by Charles Dickens ; with illustrations by Marcus Stone, Maurice Greiffenhagen, and F. Walker |
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New York, New York : , : Open Road Media, , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (483 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Utilitarianism - England |
Social problems - England |
Education - England |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Book the First: Sowing; Chapter I: The One Thing Needful; Chapter II: Murdering the Innocents; Chapter III: A Loophole; Chapter IV: Mr. Bounderby; Chapter V: The Keynote; Chapter VI: Sleary's Horsemanship; Chapter VII: Mrs. Sparsit; Chapter VIII: Never Wonder; Chapter IX: Sissy's Progress; Chapter X: Stephen Blackpool; Chapter XI: No Way Out; Chapter XII: The Old Woman; Chapter XIII: Rachael; Chapter XIV: The Great Manufacturer; Chapter XV: Father and Daughter; Chapter XVI: Husband and Wife; Book the Second: Reaping; Chapter I: Effects In The Bank |
Chapter II: Mr. James HarthouseChapter III: The Whelp; Chapter IV: Men and Brothers; Chapter V: Men and Masters; Chapter VI: Fading Away; Chapter VII: Gunpowder; Chapter VIII: Explosion; Chapter IX: Hearing the Last of It; Chapter X: Mrs. Sparsit's Staircase; Chapter XI: Lower and Lower; Chapter XII: Down; Book the Third: Garnering; Chapter I: Another Thing Needful; Chapter II: Very Ridiculous; Chapter III: Very Decided; Chapter IV: Lost; Chapter V: Found; Chapter VI: The Starlight; Chapter VII: Whelp-Hunting; Chapter VIII: Philosophical; Chapter IX: Final; Copyright |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Charles Dickens's moral tale of utilitarian values run amok The industrial burg of Coketown is dominated by the philosophy of |
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utilitarianism. The mill is the center of commerce. Students in the school are instructed to recite rote facts and figures while repressing any creative instincts. Thomas Gradgrind, the school superintendent, is a strict devotee of practicality and has raised his children, Tom and Louisa, according to this philosophy. It is only Sissy Jupe, a circus girl taken in by the Gradgrinds, who possesses the vision and wonderment to see past the rigid boundaries of cold, hard fa |
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