Length10h 14m
About this audiobook
"Hard Times" by Charles Dickens is a novel set in the fictional industrial town of Coketown. It explores social and economic issues of the Victorian era such as education, wealth, class, and family ties. The story mainly revolves around the harsh upbringing of the Gradgrind children who are taught to value cold hard facts over imagination and emotions. As their lives unfold, Dickens effectively criticizes the industrialization and utilitarianism of society.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length10 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 1, 1854
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE ONE THING NEEDFUL
20MEN AND BROTHERS
2MURDERING THE INNOCENTS
21MEN AND MASTERS
3A LOOPHOLE
22FADING AWAY
4MR. BOUNDERBY
23GUNPOWDER
5THE KEYNOTE
24EXPLOSION
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6SLEARY’S HORSEMANSHIP
25HEARING THE LAST OF IT
7MRS. SPARSIT
26MRS. SPARSIT’S STAIRCASE
8NEVER WONDER
27LOWER AND LOWER
9SISSY’S PROGRESS
28DOWN
10STEPHEN BLACKPOOL
29ANOTHER THING NEEDFUL
11NO WAY OUT
30VERY RIDICULOUS
12THE OLD WOMAN
31VERY DECIDED
13RACHAEL
32LOST
14THE GREAT MANUFACTURER
33FOUND
15FATHER AND DAUGHTER
34THE STARLIGHT
16HUSBAND AND WIFE
35WHELP-HUNTING
17EFFECTS IN THE BANK
36PHILOSOPHICAL
18MR. JAMES HARTHOUSE
37CHAPTER IX FINAL
19THE WHELP
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