Hard Times
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Hard Times is a social and industrial novel by Charles Dickens that critiques utilitarianism and the dehumanizing effects of Victorian-era factory life in the fictional Coketown.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hard Times canonical | 7 |
| Hard Times (1977 TV series) | 1 |
| Hard Times (1994 TV film) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
industrial novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| author | Charles Dickens ⓘ |
| bookTitle |
Garnering
ⓘ
Reaping ⓘ Sowing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques |
Victorian factory system
ⓘ
dehumanizing effects of industrialization ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1854 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Household Words ⓘ |
| followedBy | Little Dorrit ⓘ |
| form | serialized novel ⓘ |
| genre |
Victorian literature
ⓘ
industrial novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Hard Times (1915 film)
ⓘ
Hard Times self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hard Times (1977 TV series)
Hard Times self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hard Times (1994 TV film)
|
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
James Harthouse
ⓘ
Josiah Bounderby ⓘ Louisa Gradgrind ⓘ Sissy Jupe ⓘ Stephen Blackpool ⓘ Thomas Gradgrind ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 321 ⓘ |
| partOf | Charles Dickens bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| precededBy | Bleak House ⓘ |
| publisher |
Bradbury and Evans
ⓘ
surface form:
Bradbury & Evans
|
| serializationEndDate | 1854-08-12 ⓘ |
| serializationStartDate | 1854-04-01 ⓘ |
| setIn | Coketown ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| settingType | fictional industrial town ⓘ |
| structure | three books ⓘ |
| targetOfStudy |
literary criticism of industrialization
ⓘ
studies of Victorian social reform ⓘ |
| theme |
class conflict
ⓘ
education based on facts versus imagination ⓘ family and emotional repression ⓘ industrial capitalism ⓘ moral consequences of utilitarian philosophy ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hard Times (1977 TV series)
this entity surface form:
Hard Times (1994 TV film)