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Hard Times by Charles Dickens
"My satire is against people who see numbers and mean and nothing else," proclaimed Charles Dickens in describing the theme of the classic novel published in 1854. The "maniac of the proven truth" raised his children Tom and Louisa in a barren, barren atmosphere of horrible practice.
Without a moral compass to guide them, children plunged into a life of despair and despair, playing against the horrific background of Coketown, a vicious community shrouded in industrial beasts. Louisa falls into a loveless marriage with rude banker Josiah Buderby, while the totally unscrupulous Tom becomes a thief who has framed an innocent man from his crimes. Seeing the decline and the downfall of his children, Gradgrind realizes that his misguided principles have ruined their lives.
Arguably Dickens' harshest indictment of mid-19th-century industrial practice and its dehumanizing effect, the novel offers a compelling tapestry of Victorian life, full of It has a life of detail, great character, and a captivating social concern that characterizes the best creations of the novelist.
In the work of Dickens, the famous Victorian commentator John Ruskin states: "He is based on the principle and purpose of every book he has written and everyone. But, especially the Hard Times, it should be studied closely and Serious moderation by those interested in social questions "
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