Josiah Bounderby
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Josiah Bounderby is a wealthy, self-made industrialist and banker in Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times," known for his boastful hypocrisy and harsh utilitarian views.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
banker
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fictional character ⓘ industrialist ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| advocatesFor | hard facts over imagination ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Hard Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Thomas Gradgrind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessLocation | Coketown ⓘ |
| characterRole | antagonist ⓘ |
| creator | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employerOf | Stephen Blackpool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Hard Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationAppearance | Hard Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1854 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| ideology | utilitarianism ⓘ |
| liesAbout | being abandoned by his mother ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
critique of utilitarian philosophy
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satire of self-made industrialist ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married to Louisa Gradgrind ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | morally corrupt ⓘ |
| mother | Mrs. Pegler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motive |
maintenance of social and economic power
ⓘ
self-aggrandizement ⓘ |
| narrativeArc | eventual exposure as a fraud ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
claiming to be self-made
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exaggerating his impoverished childhood ⓘ harsh views on the working class ⓘ |
| occupation |
banker
ⓘ
factory owner ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
arrogant
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boastful ⓘ bullying ⓘ hypocritical ⓘ |
| relationshipWith |
employer of Stephen Blackpool
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friend and associate of Thomas Gradgrind ⓘ husband of Louisa Gradgrind ⓘ |
| residence | Coketown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revealedAs | not truly self-made ⓘ |
| socialClass | nouveau riche ⓘ |
| spouse | Louisa Gradgrind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Victorian industrial arrogance
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self-made capitalist myth ⓘ |
| treatsAsInferior |
Stephen Blackpool
NERFINISHED
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his workers ⓘ |
| treatsAsProperty | Louisa Gradgrind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| treatsWithContempt | trade unions ⓘ |
| treatsWithIngratitude | his mother Mrs. Pegler ⓘ |
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