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In the soot-stained city of Coketown, a rigid educator raises his children on a diet of pure fact, forbidding all imagination. When the vibrant world of the circus crashes into their gray lives, the devastating failure of a loveless philosophy is revealed. A sharp social commentary on the dehumanizing effects of industrialization.
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GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length11 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1BOOK THE FIRST SOWING
2CHAPTER I THE ONE THING NEEDFUL
3CHAPTER II MURDERING THE INNOCENTS
4CHAPTER IV MR. BOUNDERBY
5CHAPTER V THE KEYNOTE
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6CHAPTER VI SLEARY’S HORSEMANSHIP
7CHAPTER IX SISSY’S PROGRESS
8CHAPTER X STEPHEN BLACKPOOL
9CHAPTER XII THE OLD WOMAN
10CHAPTER XIV THE GREAT MANUFACTURER
11CHAPTER XV FATHER AND DAUGHTER
12CHAPTER XVI HUSBAND AND WIFE
13BOOK THE SECOND REAPING
14CHAPTER I EFFECTS IN THE BANK
15CHAPTER II MR. JAMES HARTHOUSE
16CHAPTER IV MEN AND BROTHERS
17CHAPTER V MEN AND MASTERS
18CHAPTER IX HEARING THE LAST OF IT
19CHAPTER X MRS. SPARSIT’S STAIRCASE
20CHAPTER XI LOWER AND LOWER
21BOOK THE THIRD GARNERING
22CHAPTER I ANOTHER THING NEEDFUL
23CHAPTER II VERY RIDICULOUS
24CHAPTER VI THE STARLIGHT
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