Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Hard Times by Charles Dickens

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Dickens, Charles: -

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) has been remembered in history as one of the greatest authors of the Victorian era. Not only having received tremendous success while he was alive, Charles Dickens' work continues to be read as voraciously as when it was first published. Because of his tremendous popularity, Charles Dickens has secured himself the position of not only being one of the greatest writers of his generation, but one of the most celebrated writers of all time. In addition to his writing, Charles Dickens was a prominent activist, dedicating much of his life to fighting for better social conditions for the poor as well as powerfully advocating for better laws to protect the rights of children. When a piece of literature refers to either unfair working and living conditions, or else portrays the state of a morally corrupt social class, the writing is thus referred to as Dickensian. Much of literary traditions thus owe their inspiration from the writing of Charles Dickens.

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ISBN 13	9780460152921
ISBN 10	0460152920
Title	Hard Times
Author	Charles Dickens
Series	Everyman's Classics S
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	1987-05-01
Number of pages	292
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