Hard Times

Hard TimesPart 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 Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from any young minds. As

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 Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from any young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and 'bully of humanity' Mr Bounderby, and his son Tom rebels to become embroiled in gambling and robbery. And, as their fortunes cross with those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe and victimized weaver Stephen Blackpool, Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognize the value of the human heart in an age of materialism and machinery.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 03/31/2012
ISBN: 9780141198347
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 8.09h x 5.32w x 1.26d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 50672 / Hard Times
Reading Level: 9.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 20