Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Hard Times
Hard Times
Hard Times
Ebook418 pages6 hours

Hard Times

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Hard Times is Dickens' only novel not to have scenes set in London.The story is set in the fictitious Victorian Coketown and is aimed at highlighting the social and economic pressures of the times.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSovereign
Release dateSep 15, 2012
ISBN9781909438897
Author

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and grew up in poverty. This experience influenced ‘Oliver Twist’, the second of his fourteen major novels, which first appeared in 1837. When he died in 1870, he was buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey as an indication of his huge popularity as a novelist, which endures to this day.

Read more from Charles Dickens

Related to Hard Times

Related ebooks

Classics For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for Hard Times

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Hard Times - Charles Dickens

    2^book_preview_excerpt.html}˖G$w9ى}CRY=e 3*P> Vw{%cf@ٺn|ۻ[忶ۗw|X]|xݛB׷޾_;|?5^_?Mq:wB;i?rn1b3SiV!jKz6x۾; Hmp"l_/1욦׫uU!p{a^Нq$4C-/= `ڶB_aS:i՟U*0bl̇pH0ָ.}G=6ԘCBَ~K@hKC[ X0pK.9%io!}e? .zjc]N_s =IBVQ@ ;i#4`Sl #z/t,0q? xe̓~n6K;J=x#i^3܅d%a8vd 2r\Uq%Y@ߵ릵kw?lW:gOlþ=b 4>R(lCyAScvb8ţ z;|tmJ}XaEm~yO<٦82ؒ8pp=FCHɄƭgL5 wo_4<_ M3 ݻw_~l?}Ӌś_^|}}-^Mhb)lmrM Nkݕ1Vn//H(@ee&&߽,< 8m1y|'^A.7}x}InU.d_q[|2O9U"dz5`*MGa[S8S;Hݨa4(5#M8qY(u]).wluwYmCmâ8xǍ$c1&*0j08tG!}/:8vi0[XEt%&v=ljG/=4\}>haO0ib7 L?Ԋȣ]oP2PXDTf(~-v6xrJA`GB<>=Hǧ P34L]qBz(+{@Vb,kQuӖ4x4 e_0zCɣo(u*)kGL>eqمX\ z˵-z"H6܄s13zŘ=ex97^Qa|W(#9If#G(@л+1U}E5Kɳ1gӿY;Yiu59~̀J]E7|olxkTgNl-]6/l׳ YL)k͆{y3g)Mt:9X`C8w^7ei0ZYvjL6E3*q= ,>Y,}oD@Ju CoYL7r/|JgGQ%)b?Z2Q~WFѷkZ"Jo ӊA1oj1`ˈ+EfE8TKT%/Q 6yXPM`ư`BHFH5 HEO(h<]WKe&N|D!.;#ZFcphMˁh0fYᔁ&m\9?>.. 0C#&2DNHdU6bQPV̥’<Ec/5X$ f3pͦ$z 7c\ uqSݑ*o+S;ͤn _aQgV{S毂G7jj DV&5_CR=D$ٮQD) .4I*b :̪1`&O(\P0PE:ʰ#?"]Ҭ ٕB/q?!7~17*4$oHDz9lB?Q\^zjR`o `}wSw0/D^B8_% zA`/;z?P4Cѣ;f$(g33Wwf1feTZxܻ}kMPd}sP@Lq4wb`.uDd| fޜ1 2k:ȉ Q MCΪ3"~vUEC*nVv FQ\6k!ȩEAI8*F,R_}"Z]጑7\ 65szmW4gtn]]r Ϣnln+qn]V0TT}ٟ7KhdA0k윇)XnH50џQf B!%19v`|CHqIn9?*8MwHDH-/&cTD@0NŲl_YÈexe-܅l3!1P*q2CVn v39G:/AbA4^ab D5Cv}ݯ\;8TD>ppjh4IǤ0om ;KCVVY5#S'X55;VP߻ ~v~eQA%"SISz{} fgOsR9Zd"Q:{ql|#z&iMi_ɟ2Չ23~iPsd~K)lTH+7⛰2\Wot_?&:nl5|il8&*H~y}#Ci"n-'o8\)ꁮnH'v,O9uʑߦG}No|Y|FDgZzN:Z= Y my^](g\J< +KFWY Pbup=qmpJ,{&U;ׁ]`(Y 7qv8͍32zם?aLF^4E3sPDwi L] : ݻ=gg>D^4>SI[FD"t~08y.c7,޷$LLzJsB`O̼Wsq0:d*\~99s6iqNNHorr@-PLd3#!2_4&k.IsbCzdeI[0I0P>:1ƍ G@9Z5hŮoGG NVnfdf:0umP^Ũ6{LgO)>Y&fGF@],&;᱇gKٗ=hp]coxH&Fglb V;<G۸k6+ t~J< j "Ñ"F혟Y]1ȲSd˜_p?5￴W9FDx?`1$ޫxf(B3OTFQZe3yXa??Uem봏Fz?998dA#6O. r,mcEA:cS[w Yxxp %POBh\Λ9g$g{j7ʰLp{8KP Iz2r\Fԟ0;ScЅ;r&ݾG:x^Lp}fIb,7͗?qV._/Ug1z}97 ;g漆>{3R}[:ǚPY`?F+h2.\[s6jfjJ/0i9^kd ⪞l+l-GJB7~|\Gq KI n 9 %? $?  uҹ-vւ?з/ M EVH6AnKy98')F5mިNhW@{hfa io v]K r`^5Ui)i~Ξ^%D޹/zxRe,ѨBy^u˻=PMlkF>錦z=`L SsX+ IM`r"geG-Cͳ'JV/߿_?r:Rm' 2Fk:FS1!;sQ`q%1KEH[ZZ[ ̘Z_ ķ5U|{T@" q.`s|DZ4yp-?c\ljF׏:绖Wb~jӳW7' rR(>J[ ϑjouմ\FvkѶu(ݹFzf|Sf-qޙwݸ^( G,#sEr*W'ڦ ] y%2E#K2:6B"iM$bLGwԥl{ , egW6QR=MYIQf*Z[Hjq,@?˘5l9zQfzi*U} L5d#@~mnV,6_1)G{c`s-!Y)qgz>к|}͹z荩'}l;<0Ifc8FK| ~S.3*L է"kRw0otCV19F*q\GIˉe0B{m~&JLG֣3ǔppdG(~CY̌/1`UPhn:b!ZGe炒"klTQ,|tm&T=U[s"rKmN"s ^'LQ=ߋ\>zR&lC4%yH@KֶcsbUǤW[2l`Y39>Yd!G)4*?Ĺƺ\ɲ8"^1,d2,8nFc6d0 {bDTLA)2*oIa5"QH܆mg`buhs'+hǾSFU|]V8,5,xM]d(?_4g]!K<|w'Uy(yC6i&+k[MV:S7Rg V᛼@[dgu׌yk0ש5Isjӊ\h6R%-Pl:{pxeaAb$e@?NY:[Z?^*$QySL/ R%O}-3K|2hi~3k5rfKZ:Ԗw&Pc:?jm`,,'3j2:)ח r:cs~z/*w>-ʢpeu7SO9Vo7H yԜlm.k.].J39PU cUׅQErK5@+&XmN$1K O5kW's`7ey0vL|ƒ_.kКa+B2;u➜s"Dvƈ|u(T/&aRޕ0g9 02E'TRSyrfTFlaU2CuY==Ws(ז-bˎQCQ҇py_4$}TSi>2yiS%S3 VТdbO!OsQG#czhgs𥳐ŵ^9Δ,~Q1՝UQӤ|rϩC%9h-cv5i#pic< ݹ4+ EM]in:3 ގ},SpOv M@0]Rd@J2Fș[޲|'oHh&Zf4ߡ ;XL:J nI32 <T<o4'scmv]z){i` sx;u/rU. i?_9`gPh4Lx?=PmLmbo;SiXOe3[jv9f)#/r0=`[Y>(zB:$ T bt_Lz{BTF{ZFMt\TB !UHh 팘5R2h,n )߮SX1TݨTށM'Eoۅ 2Y*>ĸ!D:@q cɿQrLsZEQ3)= hmKZBA~.# dJ>$g6ߦ:7ELb6LðQN>ů<,%mpe3j+>v82gxFӒ<)lٵ#WP9~ď*Ei!՝9VKbR/S -iacctv& =Էv^P٠Uvd^ɅڥRk.2fU>M6Go>z`A2 J:{]k2oky N^y `wBYצL(V[fR_XcqWKHVw(ÂYb̗=U{*5ehm z}shXR :s>TL|ϣv*-S녗2itgkOo (-y$sͥ*H PO-)j)|8E6rjhOFvRdŽeZiCN*Uʔxyfkjaɲ\$Ёj\q8W8?ϑSftu03q,2.H*s8X MDC\ʃ<Uޮ֋p 7 qxâ" ㉖cV]$ym⫻*V߂1p9N1YgzO`)y{ZXK8sF[ Y ;l禱֩c%?TxSᤸ0CjgpKf,k]zni\4(/*hbGʻbk.M β s6D>6܅qpܒez{A ivj's Foq[RAgGDv6Y;nNZTgK{<_brbzN1sSLIr/k?$ܲsq*?a2"7`co9G=o<ǀi%ږɎ!W<6ŹMnnM93"K޺="=4n 4#+KgKԇJihTT1_!⪛y-\c? ]0`RfNFFּRٯYXeTnG2#K0?E& GVh$ h YjofR|~}{uGu{Ai#!n+wU{wMd91Ϙ]f PsVl 3w];t]l׹^/l.A(E2Q+mA0ҫ3drk e#yW|sGO@4h~ceip-a9w kĚ=>FL)=kaD0{Ϧ*ת3έ&k3dˣb_0o@\C_>4^ 64coJ!ﵤ:bd`, bWv>>yL멖sHQpNq4<6t2;l2:lc8k|ny)-xT3^ֲ`4Msэ 2ע;I S| ^`~cq5=`5*Ap-W]|h5:u2X5,~ЩYu}ݭeBH 3 ߏW&fN?"22jtbY[a9xo"5[smBt*]=Dח,"cR1{0Z%b^rau*ҷh=r&ݜ!r3[tQ{Ԧpr)札ji5g/l@}mFN}LrtnVK?T+ES͚YqC!x3[g .s[7Ols%E1 9_D]>sFVRvnz'CTV kw'v`^pjP{03ꇭ:aFxԵzV\eBXR,2Χ1N ߢƵpv~D;g_0.I@o]^Z!JdanN t;K֍lTXNqa2y˳7nwaM,= h6|Ĩ4,+h[`p8$^ǩKfƙD3̀,DeEN噘_"4_b)t;y^"ȨfIu}hWQ>TTb9\ f3,EyӍYBi fhv>};!Q)|9\h?e馫hISz_&L5∳ɫiyȽ9jt.e1d7עz 2y-c[/#锏yzUͻWU^>!i^*Os.Kr xx u}e\[UL@7T!]mA>_FbyB.a'ʁ@mdom'*k6|?)4X8x5!Dbv pua;*#iJv\ rss/>-JZ]ƠUi[;Yo ut͑8ꜳ~px"uaWs#nv]+{kzT~if)YW f8×O~$Y'("oɷHvO|<]VU2}I-ҔݗqC"%kl5qxK( جw2W7,1*l`xRw種h
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1