1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996383932403316

Autore

Parker Henry <1604-1652.>

Titolo

The oath of pacification: or A forme of religious accomodation: humbly proposed both to King and Parliament [[electronic resource] ] : Thereby, to set an end to the present miseries and broyles of this discomposed, almost ship-wrackt state

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Robert Bostock, at the signe of the Kings head in Pauls Church-yard, 1643

Descrizione fisica

[2], 30 p

Soggetti

Great Britain Politics and government 1642-1649

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817116203321

Autore

Dickens Charles <1812-1870, >

Titolo

Hard times / / by Charles Dickens ; with illustrations by Marcus Stone, Maurice Greiffenhagen, and F. Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Open Road Media, , 2015

ISBN

1-5040-1077-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (483 p.)

Disciplina

823/.8

Soggetti

Utilitarianism - England

Social problems - England

Education - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

Charles Dickens's moral tale of utilitarian values run amok The industrial burg of Coketown is dominated by the philosophy of 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