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Hard Times
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Hard Times
by:
Charles Dickens
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Book the First: Sowing: Chapters 1–4
Book the First: Sowing: Chapters 5–8
Book the First: Sowing: Chapters 9–12
Book the First: Sowing: Chapters 13–16
Book the Second: Reaping: Chapters 1–4
Book the Second: Reaping: Chapters 5–8
Book the Second: Reaping: Chapters 9–12
Book the Third: Garnering: Chapters 1–4
Book the Third: Garnering: Chapters 5–9
Characters
Character List
Thomas Gradgrind
Louisa Gradgrind
Josiah Bounderby
Stephen Blackpool
Main Ideas
Themes
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Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
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Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Book the First: Sowing: Chapters 1–4
Book the First: Sowing: Chapters 5–8
Book the First: Sowing: Chapters 9–12
Book the First: Sowing: Chapters 13–16
Book the Second: Reaping: Chapters 1–4
Book the Second: Reaping: Chapters 5–8
Book the Second: Reaping: Chapters 9–12
Book the Third: Garnering: Chapters 1–4
Book the Third: Garnering: Chapters 5–9
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Table of Contents
Themes, Motifs & Symbols Quick Quiz
1
of 5
Bounderby claims that, "what is called taste is only another name for ___."
Opinion
Fact
Arrogance
Wealth
2
of 5
What is the name of the inn where the circus performers stay?
Pegasus Arms
The Satyr’s Rest
The Centaur Inn
The Blind Cyclops
3
of 5
Mr. Bounderby frequently refers to himself as, "Josiah Bounderby ___."
The First
Esquire
Of Coketown
As you well know
4
of 5
How are the trails of smoke that billow from the factory smokestacks described?
Banners
Serpents
Stains
Tails
5
of 5
Mrs. Sparsit imagines Louisa's relationship with Harthouse as running down a long staircase into a "dark pit of ____."
Confusion and dreams
Memory and hopelessness
Secrets and lies
Shame of ruin
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Character List
CHARACTERS
Thomas Gradgrind: Character Analysis
CHARACTERS
Important Quotations Explained
MAIN IDEAS
Themes
MAIN IDEAS
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FURTHER STUDY
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