Sowing
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Sowing is the first book of Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times," introducing the characters and themes through its focus on the planting of ideas and values that will later bear consequences.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
ⓘ
part of novel ⓘ |
| author | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial fiction ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Gradgrind educational philosophy
ⓘ
contrast between fact and fancy ⓘ formation of children’s characters ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Garnering
ⓘ
Reaping ⓘ |
| followsInStructure | opening section of Hard Times ⓘ |
| genre |
Victorian novel section
ⓘ
social problem fiction ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | agricultural metaphor of sowing and reaping ⓘ |
| introduces |
Coketown
NERFINISHED
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Josiah Bounderby NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisa Gradgrind NERFINISHED ⓘ Sissy Jupe NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Gradgrind NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Gradgrind Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryWorkType | first book of a three-part novel ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| metaphorFor |
implanting of values
ⓘ
planting of ideas ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
character introduction
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exposition ⓘ thematic establishment ⓘ |
| partOf | Hard Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationContext | originally serialized as part of Hard Times in Household Words ⓘ |
| setsUp | later moral consequences in Hard Times ⓘ |
| setting | Coketown, an industrial city NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
class division
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consequences of ideology ⓘ education based on facts ⓘ emotional repression ⓘ industrialization ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workContainedIn | Hard Times: For These Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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