作者	CharlesDickens
出版社	PenguinBooksLtd
出版时间	2002-01-01

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ItdepictsCoktown,atypicalred-brickindustrialcityofthemorth.Initsschoolsandfactorieschildrenandadultsarecagedandendlaved,withnopersonalfreedomuntiltheirspiritisbroken.AgainstthissocialbackdropwhereharshregimesareenforcedbythelikesofJosiahBounderby,thepompousself0amdeman,andGradgrind,thecensoriousdisciplinarian,thepersonaltragediesofLouisaGradgrindandStephenBlackpoolareplayedout.Despiteitsvividportraitofthehorrorsofthenewlynechanizedsociety,HardTimesisshotthroughwithawit,goodhumourandaconvictionthatentertainmentisshotthroughwithawit,goodhumourandaconvictionthatentertainmentisessntialforhumanhapiness,makingitoneofthemostupliftingofDickens'snovels.作者简介：CharlesDickens(1812-70).Bestknownforhishostofdistinctivelycruel,comicandrepugnantcharacters,CharlesDickensremainsthemostwidelyreadoftheVictoriannovelists.SetinthefictionalCoketown,whichispartlybasedonDickens'sexperiencesofPreston,HardTimes(1854)hasastrongsocialtheme.Init,hehighlightstheplightofthemen,womenandchildremwhoseliveswerethrownintoturmoilbytheIndustrialRevolutionofthe1840s.