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All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. 0in 0in 0pt">Set amid smokestacks and factories, Charles Dickens ’s Hard Times is a blistering portrait of Victorian England as it struggles with the massive economic turmoil brought on by the Industrial Revolution. Championing the mind-numbing materialism of the period is Thomas Gradgrind, one of Dickens’s most vivid characters. He opens the novel by arguing that boys and girls should be taught nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life.” Forbidding the development of imagination, Gradgrind is ultimately forced to confront the results of his philosophyhis own daughter’s terrible unhappiness. Full of suspense, humor, and tenderness, Hard Times is a brilliant defense of art in an age of mechanism. Karen odden received her Ph.D. from New York University, where she did her dissertation on Victorian literature. Most recently a lecturer at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she is now a freelance writer and lives in Arizona.
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晴朗的星期天。闻到太阳暖暖 的味道。慵懒的坐在书桌前,聽著柔和的音樂，屋頂的小鳥不時的應和，一股說不出的閑喜游入心湖。 看完了Hard Times，可惜，以後就沒得看了，真希望這是個沒完的故事。實在忍不住和我的朋友分享這部美妙的著作！雖然是譯文，很多原著的精華被眼前的...
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