Reason, Facts, and statistics...
Dickens’ scathing portrait of Victorian industrial society and
its misapplied utilitarian philosophy, Hard Times features
schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind, one of his most richly dimensional,
memorable characters. Filled with the details and wonders of
small-town life, it is also a daring novel of ideas—and ultimately,
a celebration of love, hope, and limitless possibilities of the
imagination.