"Hard Times" by Charles Dickens (Zoom)
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Hard Times (1854) is Dickens’ tenth (and shortest) novel. Set in the fictitious Coketown, a generic northern English mill town, Hard Times offers a relentless critique of the (in)human effects of industrialization and the educational and social systems it generates. In this classic "condition of England" novel, Dickens explores how the structural inequalities created by capitalism and its attendant philosophies inhibit and destroy personal growth and creativity.
Phyllis Deutsch
Phyllis Deutsch holds a PhD in modern European history from New York University. For several years, she taught history at NYU, Columbia University, The New School for Social Research, and the University of Pennsylvania. For 15 years, she served as editor-in-chief at University Press of New England, where she published numerous titles in the fields of 19th century history, literature, and culture. She is currently a Lecturer in the Writing Program at Dartmouth College.