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Hard Times by Charles Dickens | |
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| Name: |
Charles John Huffam Dickens | | Birth Date: |
February 7, 1812 | | Death Date: |
1870 | | Place of Birth: |
Port-sea, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
author, novelist, journalist |
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 Biography of Charles John Huffam Dickens
17877 words, approx. 59.6 pages
 The life story of Charles Dickens is, from several perspectives, a success story. Generally regarded today as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, Dickens had the unusual good fortune to have been recognized by his contemporaries as wel... summary from source:
 Biography of Charles (John Huffam) Dickens
17117 words, approx. 57.1 pages
The life story of Charles Dickens is, from several perspectives, a success story. Generally regarded today as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, Dickens had the unusual good fortune to have been recognized by his contemporaries as wel... summary from source:
Biography of Charles (John Huffam) Dickens
13529 words, approx. 45.1 pages
From the appearance of his first full-length work of prose fiction, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, in 1836-1837, Charles Dickens has retained his place as one of the best-loved and most widely read novelists in the world. Not so well known i...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Hard Times Information
5,252 words, approx. 18 pages
 Hard Times is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book is one of a number of state-of-the-nation novels published around the same time, another being North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (also published in Dickens's magazine), which...
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 The Village Voice Hard time for Harding
07/27/2005: 1,302 words, approx. 4 pages PORN, COKE, AND EMBEZZLEMENT: A FORMER GIULIANI AIDE'S SHAMEFUL PATH TO PRISON The defendant shall now rise, said the judge. Russell Harding stood up. He wore a loose orange smock turned inside out to hide the prison initials printed on the back. His... summary from source:
Minnesota Monthly Hard time
03/01/2003: 511 words, approx. 2 pages THIS MONTH, A NEW RADIO AND WEB documentary from American RadioWorks(R) (ARW)-Minnesota Public Radio's national documentary unit-explores the large number of people leaving prison every day (see page 140 for broadcast date and times). Part of Hard Time: Life After Prison focuses on... summary from source:
 AP News Shannon: 'Hard times' to 'Canes coach
12/9/2006: 781 words, approx. 3 pagesOnce surrounded by bad examples and now surrounded by cameras and microphones, new Miami Hurricanes coach Randy Shannon politely declines to talk about the worst trouble he ever got into."Oh, I can't say that," he says. "I was in elementary school or junior high. It's... summary from source:
AP News Richie, Lohan avoid hard time
8/24/2007: 733 words, approx. 2 pagesLindsay Lohan agreed to serve one day behind bars after pleading guilty to drunken driving and cocaine charges. But that's hard time compared to what fellow bad girl Nicole Richie served for driving under the influence.Richie was released from jail after just 82 minutes Thursday,...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by F. R. Leavis
9,251 words, approx. 31 pages
Leavis was an influential twentieth-century English critic. His methodology combines close textual criticism with predominantly moral and social concerns; however, Leavis is not interested in the individual writer per se, but rather with the usefulness of his or her art in the scheme of civilization. The essay reprinted below, which appeared in its present form in 1948, is widely considered the seminal (and most controversial) essay on Hard Times published in the twentieth century. Here, elaborating on cla... summary from source:
Critical Essay by David Craig
8,642 words, approx. 29 pages
In the following essay, Craig details Dickens's use of cultural and popular elements in Hard Times.
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Critical Essay by David Sonstroem
8,040 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following essay, Sonstroem identifies conflict between Fact—dry statistics and empirical definitions—and Fancy—variously identified with imagination, romance, wonder, and nonsense—as central to the structure of Hard Times.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 92%Criticism of People and Society in Hard Times
4,180 words, approx. 14 pages
Analyzes the first 7 chapters of the Charles Dickens novel, Hard Times. Discusses what message Dickens is trying to portray to the reader. Examines issues such as value judgements of people and family values. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 96%Fact and Fancy in Hard Times
3,493 words, approx. 12 pages
Explores the thematic opposition between fact and fancy, or 'the head' and 'the heart' in Charles Dickens's novel Hard Times. Explores the rivalry between these philosophies as a central theme to the Hard Times, as well as a fundamental crux of human existence. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 86%Criticizing Society, Pre 1914 Prose
2,269 words, approx. 8 pages
Describes how a number of pre 1914 writers use their text to criticize society. Includes a look at Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell, Hard Times by Charles Dickens and works by Jonathan Swift. Discusses how all the writers make their points in different ways.
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Hard Times by Charles Dickens | |
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