Hard Times

This edition of Dickens' tenth novel, set in the industrial Midlands, is that of the 1854 first edition. It has been re-edited in the light of scholarly findings made since 1990. Annotations have been revised and expanded. Sections on backgrounds, sources and contemporary reactions include material [...]
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This edition of Dickens' tenth novel, set in the industrial Midlands, is that of the 1854 first edition. It has been re-edited in the light of scholarly findings made since 1990. Annotations have been revised and expanded. Sections on backgrounds, sources and contemporary reactions include material on industrialism, education and utilitarianism. The criticism section includes 17 essays on the novel, seven of which are new to this edition.