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Hard Times, by Charles Dickens

Hard Times, A Longman Cultural Edition - Charles Dickens

One of my long-standing New Year’s reading resolutions (if two years can be considered long-standing) is to read a classic every month. My definition of a classic is roughly: a book we’re still talking about though it was published before 1950. This month’s choice was Hard Times, by Charles Dickens. (I was inspired to pick this one up by Jenny at Shelf Love. Thank you, Jenny!). Hard Times was published in 1854 but it contains ideas and sentiments that feel surprisingly prescient and contemporary. As I read, I highlighted passages that could have been about Ayn Rand or today’s conservatives. It was downright spooky after a while...

 

Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type.