✨Artbook - Sách Tiếng Anh - Hard Times

Hard Times 4 is a novel by Charles Dickens, that criticizes the social and economic conditions of industrial England in the 19th century. The novel contrasts the lives of two groups of characters: the Gradgrinds, a family that follows a philosophy of rationalism, self-interest, and facts, and the circus performers, who represent imagination, compassion, and fancy. The novel exposes the harsh realities of poverty, exploitation, and oppression that afflict the working class, as well as the moral and emotional bankruptcy of the middle class .