Hard Times
by Charles Dickens

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Synopsis

Imagine a world where imagination is forbidden.

Coketown is such a place.

Thomas Gradgrind will not permit fanciful thoughts in his school or his home.

But what effect will this policy have on his own children, Tom and Louisa?

How can he protect them from corrupting influences – especially when the circus comes to town?

Dark satanic mills, interrupted by the colour and vibrancy of Sleary's Circus, set the stage for a sweeping tale of suppressed love, seduction and social mores, peopled with the sharply observed exaggerated characters that Dickens is celebrated for.

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PublisherMethuen
Year2018
BindingPaperback
Pages112
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573016592
ISBN-100573016593
eISBN-139781350083110
LCCPR6113.C315

Hard Times is a British adaptation play written by Charles Dickens and published by Methuen (2018).

Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Google Play (eISBN 9781350083110).

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