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Hard Times

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Thomas Gradgrind believes that facts and money are more important than feelings and imagination. After Cissy Jupe and#150; a circus child and#150; is left alone in the world, Gradgrind takes her into his house, looking after her and teaching her facts with his own children Tom and Louisa. Some years later the Gradgrind family meets hard times. Louisa becomes a prisoner in a loveless marriage, and Tom has problems at work. In the end, Thomas Gradgrind learns the importance of feelings and imagination.

76 pages, Paperback

First published July 18, 2010

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Susan Kingsley

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Esta obra de Charles Dickens, adaptada por Susan Kingsley, constitui uma sátira social da Revolução Industrial.
Com esta história, Dickens denuncia a desumanização dos trabalhadores por parte dos donos das fábricas que os viam apenas como números; critica a falta de emoções da sociedade, principalmente, de empatia e demonstra a importância dos afetos e da imaginação.
Foi uma leitura agradável, apesar de ter ficado com a sensação de que a história poderia ter sido mais longa, de forma a permitir que o leitor se deixe envolver pela mesma e construa uma maior ligação com as personagens.
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