Hard Times is set in the imaginary industrial town of Coketown, the soulless domain of the strict Gradgind and the heartless factory owner Bounderby. The eminently practical Mr. Gradgrind, teaches nothing but facts, eradicating any imaginative or aesthetic subjects from the curriculum, while analysis, deduction and mathematics are emphasised. Mr. Bounderby himself superintends through calculating tabular statements and statistics, and is always secretly rebuking the people of Coketown for indulging in conceitful activities. Human joy is seen as the open-hearted and affectionate people act as a Hard Times - Charles Dickens od authora Charles Dickens a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Charles Dickens |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
252 |
| Rok vydání |
2020 |
| Žánr |
beletrie |
| Nakladatelství |
Engage Books |
