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Hard Times

Charles Dickens

Novelsabout 11 h 30 min of listening

A wealthy man in the industrial north of England raises his children on purely rational principles, with unfortunate results.

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. Book the First: Sowing
  3. I: The One Thing Needful
  4. II: Murdering the Innocents
  5. III: A Loophole
  6. IV: Mr. Bounderby
  7. V: The Keynote
  8. VI: Sleary’s Horsemanship
  9. VII: Mrs. Sparsit
  10. VIII: Never Wonder
  11. IX: Sissy’s Progress
  12. X: Stephen Blackpool
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  1. XI: No Way Out
  2. XII: The Old Woman
  3. XIII: Rachael
  4. XIV: The Great Manufacturer
  5. XV: Father and Daughter
  6. XVI: Husband and Wife
  7. Book the Second: Reaping
  8. I: Effects in the Bank
  9. II: Mr. James Harthouse
  10. III: The Whelp
  11. IV: Men and Brothers
  12. V: Men and Masters
  13. VI: Fading Away
  14. VII: Gunpowder
  15. VIII: Explosion
  16. IX: Hearing the Last of It
  17. X: Mrs. Sparsit’s Staircase
  18. XI: Lower and Lower
  19. XII: Down
  20. Book the Third: Garnering
  21. I: Another Thing Needful
  22. II: Very Ridiculous
  23. III: Very Decided
  24. IV: Lost
  25. V: Found
  26. VI: The Starlight
  27. VII: Whelp-Hunting
  28. VIII: Philosophical
  29. IX: Final
  30. Colophon
  31. Uncopyright

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