– "Hard Times" finner sted i en typisk engelsk industriby på 1800-tallet. Her er menneskene styrt av fakta, arbeiderne av de rike, og alle av tidens konvensjoner. Vi følger skjebnene til arbeideren Stephen Blackpool og rikmannsdatteren Louisa Gradgrind mens de strever for å få et godt liv i dette samfunnet, men tragedien er som alltid for Dickens nærmere enn lykken. Dette er en sterkt ironisk roman, som kritiserer samfunnet hardt slik det var da Dickens levde. Hovedobjektivet er å gjøre narr av og å gjøre folk oppmerksomme på det latterlige ved dem som styrte. Men det er også en rørende fortelling om mennesker som får livene sine ødelagt av miljøet rundt dem. Likevel finnes det håp om at ting kan endre seg og at mennesker kan innse sine feil. Denne optimistiske tonen, kombinert med den ironiske humoren, gjør dette til en av mine favorittbøker av Dickens.
Hard Times
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'It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood, it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage.
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
'It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood, it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage.'
Set in fictitious Coketown, England during the Industrial Revolution of the 1850s, Dickens wished to expose the enormous gulf between the rich and poor through his writing. In Hard Times, the social and moral purpose of his work is at its most evident. Openly ironic and satirical in its tone, Dickens suggests a mechanization of society, where the wealthy are ruthless and uncharitable towards those less fortunate than themselves.
Siblings Louisa and Tom Gradgrind are raised by their father, a harsh and pragmatic educator and his influence means that they go on to lead lives that are lacking in all areas. Louisa marries the arrogant and greedy Josiah Bounderby, ending in an unhappy pairing and the unfeeling and villainous Tom robs his own brother-in-law's bank. As their father watches their plight, he realises that his own principles may have led to their downfall.
'It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood, it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage.'
Set in fictitious Coketown, England during the Industrial Revolution of the 1850s, Dickens wished to expose the enormous gulf between the rich and poor through his writing. In Hard Times, the social and moral purpose of his work is at its most evident. Openly ironic and satirical in its tone, Dickens suggests a mechanization of society, where the wealthy are ruthless and uncharitable towards those less fortunate than themselves.
Siblings Louisa and Tom Gradgrind are raised by their father, a harsh and pragmatic educator and his influence means that they go on to lead lives that are lacking in all areas. Louisa marries the arrogant and greedy Josiah Bounderby, ending in an unhappy pairing and the unfeeling and villainous Tom robs his own brother-in-law's bank. As their father watches their plight, he realises that his own principles may have led to their downfall.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 384
- ISBN
- 9780007449941
- Utgivelsesår
- 2012
- Format
- 18 x 11 cm
- Serie
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