Hard Times

  • Hard Times
    By M. Anthony Phillips

    Nathan, Moses and Pee Wee are joined by Sweet Lou, never one to miss out on a golden opportunity. “Nathan,” Sweet Lou whispers to Nathan. “The boss man is watchin', Sweet Lou,” said Nathan. “I want in,” said Sweet Lou. “In on what?

  • Hard Times: A Fable of Fragmentation and Wholeness
    By Deborah A. Thomas

    Thomas structures her analysis of Dickens's novel, Hard times, around five key areas in which fragmentation is the dominant theme.

  • Hard Times: An Illustrated Oral History of the Great Depression
    By Studs Terkel

    I was doing a doctoral dissertation on the novels of Dickens and hard times back in 1832. I decided to find out what was happening in my own time. In my hometown. I found out with a vengeance. This led, actually, to my going out into ...

  • Hard Times
    By Charles Dickens

    Considered Dickens' harshest indictment of mid-19th-century industrial practices and their dehumanizing effects, Hard Times offers a fascinating tapestry of Victorian life, filled with the richness of detail, brilliant characterization, and ...

  • Hard Times
    By Charles Dickens

    The world of Hard Times For These Times revolves around a small industrial town firmly in the grip of one businessman. Bounderby is owner of the local mill and Gradgrind,...

  • Hard Times: Economic Depressions in America
    By Richard Striner

    Hard Times presents a comprehensive account of economic depressions in America, from colonial times to the “great recession” that began in 2008.

  • Hard Times: Social Realism in Victorian Art
    By Manchester City Art Gallery, Julian Treuherz

    Hard Times: Social Realism in Victorian Art

  • Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
    By Studs Terkel

    The American memory, the American way, the American voice. It will resurrect your faith in all of us to read this book.” —Newsweek “Open Studs Terkel’s book to almost any page and rich memories spill out . . . Read a page, any page.

  • Hard Times
    By Charles Dickens

    In this classic of great renown, Charles Dickens brings to life a world where each character has a choice and every choice has the power to evoke good or the greatest of evils.

  • Hard Times
    By Charles Dickens

    Classic 1845 novel offers a powerful indictment of the dehumanizing effects of mid-19th-century industrialization.

  • Hard Times
    By Charles Dickens

    This series of readers offers support to both teachers and students. The series caters to a wide range of tastes, with traditional and modern titles, and fact and fiction.

  • Hard Times: Leadership in America
    By Barbara Kellerman

    As the title of this book conveys, leaders in America are experiencing hard times. Barbara Kellerman argues that we focus on leaders, and even on followers, while ignoring an essential element of leadership: context.

  • Hard Times
    By Ostap Vyshnia

    It was hard, but 'we won'. Well, and then a 'platform' rolled up and I was placed ... I remember when I found Solomon's Book of Wisdom. I sat over it for days ... In general, I preferred books with soft covers. They were easier to tear, ...

  • Hard Times
    By Charles Dickens

    Hard Times

  • Hard Times: Beginnings of the Great Depression in North Carolina, 1929-1933
    By John L. Bell

    Details economic dislocations in North Carolina during the severest years of the depression. Separate chapters cover agriculture, banking, industry, labor, unemployment relief, government finances, blacks, transportation, and education.

  • Hard Times: A Runaway's Adventures in the Americas
    By Jack Mercer

    In the spirit of A. B. Facey’s A Fortunate Life, Jack Mercer’s Hard Times is the true story of the author’s amazing adventures.

  • Hard Times
    By Charles Dickens, Diamond Classics

    And, as their fortunes cross with those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe and victimized weaver Stephen Blackpool, Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognize the value of the human heart in an age of materialism and machinery.This ...

  • Hard Times
    By Charles Dickens

    This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it.

  • Hard Times
    By Charles Dickens

    This story of class conflict in Victorian England serves as a powerful critique of the social injustices that plagued the Industrial Revolution.

  • Hard Times
    By Charles Dickens

    A strong critique of industrialisation, full of passionate characters and tempestuous social clashes, this novel still resonates in the modern day. No one writes about the gulf between rich and poor as passionately as Charles Dickens.