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Hard Times
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Abridged Audiobook
- Release date: 11-27-00
- Language: English
- Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Regular price: $16.09
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In this, Dickens' most openly political novel, we discover the terrible human consequences of a ruthlessly materialistic philosophy in the lives of Thomas Gradgrind's family, brought up to believe that only "Facts! Facts! Facts!" have any meaning. Set in Coketown, a typical Lancashire milltown, the novel graphically exposes the truth about Victorian "progress".
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- Captain Magic
- Austin, TX
- 02-17-16
Only wish I'd spent my credit on a longer book.
The various character voices are fantastically distinctn Anton lesser seemlessly transforms his voice from character to character in a way that seems effortless. I shouldn't have to tell you that the story is, of course, a treasure and a pleasure - as Dickens always is.