{"product_id":"hard-times-charles-dickens-9780141199566","title":"Hard Times (Charles Dickens)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Penguin English Library Edition of \u003ci\u003eHard Times \u003c\/i\u003eby Charles Dickens\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCoketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school owner and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and 'bully of humility' 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 victimised weaver Stephen Blackpool, Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognise the value of the human heart in an age of materialism and machinery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in the English language, from the eighteenth century and the first novels to the beginning of the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Dickens (1812-70) had his first, astounding success with his first novel \u003ci\u003eThe Pickwick Papers\u003c\/i\u003e and never looked back. In an extraordinarily full life he wrote, campaigned and spoke on a huge range of issues, and was involved in many of the key aspects of Victorian life, by turns cajoling, moving and irritating. He completed fourteen full-length novels and volume after volume of journalism. \u003ci\u003eHard Times \u003c\/i\u003edelivers a powerful indictment of materialism in industrial society, and vividly portrays the perils of the institutionalised crushing of imagination and creativity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pickwick Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOliver Twist\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Nicholas Nickleby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Curiosity Shop\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBarnaby Rudge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMartin Chuzzlewit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDombey and Son\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDavid Copperfield\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLittle Dorrit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Tale of Two Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOur Mutual Friend \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery of Edwin Drood \u003c\/i\u003eare also published in the Penguin English Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 368 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65811619971421,"sku":"K032446402","price":9.2,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/3244640200001A.jpg?v=1788523749","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/hard-times-charles-dickens-9780141199566","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}