LEADER 03434nam 2200577 450 001 9910797197203321 005 20230126212757.0 010 $a1-5040-1077-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000378545 035 $a(EBL)1986607 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001505844 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11809546 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001505844 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11490228 035 $a(PQKB)11775867 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1986607 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1986607 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL750273 035 $a(OCoLC)904790033 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000378545 100 $a20181229d2015 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHard times /$fby Charles Dickens ; with illustrations by Marcus Stone, Maurice Greiffenhagen, and F. Walker 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cOpen Road Media,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (483 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aChapter 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 330 $aCharles 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 606 $aUtilitarianism$zEngland$vFiction 606 $aSocial problems$zEngland$vFiction 606 $aEducation$zEngland$vFiction 615 0$aUtilitarianism 615 0$aSocial problems 615 0$aEducation 676 $a823/.8 700 $aDickens$b Charles$f1812-1870,$0154882 702 $aGreiffenhagen$b Maurice$f1862-1931, 702 $aStone$b Marcus$f1840-1921, 702 $aWalker$b Frederick$f1840-1875, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797197203321 996 $aHard Times$922542 997 $aUNINA