Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Hard times / Charles Dickens ; with an afterworsds by David Stuart Davies. - London : Collector's Library, 2008. - 411 p. : ; 16 cm.

Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster in Cokestown, a northern English village beset by industrialism, runs his family and his school with a rigid adherence to facts, but his daughter's loveless marriage, his son's involvement with gambling and robbery, and his encounters with a variety of characters force him to recognize the value of the human heart.

Young Adult Follett Library Resources.

9781905716388


Social problems--Fiction.


England--Fiction.

PR4561 / .S35 2009

823/.8 [Fic]