内容简介
It depicts Coktown,a typical red-brick industrial city of the morth.In its schools and factories children and adults are caged and endlaved,with no personal freedom until their spirit is broken.Against this social backdrop where harsh regimes are enforced by the likes of Josiah Bounderby,the pompous self0amde man,and Gradgrind,the censorious disciplinarian,the personal tragedies of Louisa Gradgrind and Stephen Blackpool are played out.
Despite its vivid portrait of the horrors of the newly nechanized society,Hard Times is shot through with a wit,good humour and a conviction that entertainment is shot through with a wit,good humour and a conviction that entertainment is essntial for human hapiness,making it one of the most uplifting of Dickens's novels.
作者简介：
Despite its vivid portrait of the horrors of the newly nechanized society,Hard Times is shot through with a wit,good humour and a conviction that entertainment is shot through with a wit,good humour and a conviction that entertainment is essntial for human hapiness,making it one of the most uplifting of Dickens's novels.
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