Hard Times - Charles Dickens - Folio Society 2007 1st ed. Leather - Fred Walker

Hard Times - Charles Dickens - Folio Society 2007 1st ed. Leather - Fred Walker

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Hard Times - Charles Dickens - Folio Society 2007 1st ed. Leather - Fred Walker
Folio Society
Literature

Hard Times

Charles Dickens

£40.99
Edition year 2007
Printing year 2007
First edition Yes
Binding Leather
Illustrator Fred Walker
Weight 1.5 Kg
Pages 277
Dimensions 10.5 × 7 in
Condition Good
Condition notes In good overall condition. A few small dents to back of slipcase, inscription on title page.

Edition details

Hard Times by Charles Dickens. 4 original engravings by Fred Walker. Introduction by D. J. Taylor. Top edge gilt. Red ribbon marker. Quarter-bound in maroon leather with maroon gilt ruled cloth boards. 277pp. 10.5x7in.

About the book

Charles Dickens's Hard Times is set in the fictional industrial town of Coketown and follows several characters whose lives have been shaped by a philosophy that values facts, efficiency and economic usefulness above imagination and emotion. At the centre is Thomas Gradgrind, who raises his children according to these rigid principles, only to discover the damaging consequences of denying them emotional freedom. Through the Gradgrind family, factory worker Stephen Blackpool and businessman Josiah Bounderby, Dickens criticises industrial exploitation, social inequality and an educational system that neglects compassion and creativity.

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