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A review by zenithharpink
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
4.0
Dickens delivers another winner in this book, which is uncharacteristically concise. At fewer than 300 pages, this book is downright short, by Dickens' standards.
With a title like Hard Times, and with my familiarity of Dickens' other literature (I would never accuse Mr. Dickens of his levity throughout his fictions, I had apprehensions about the dark shenanigans that would be going down in this book. While my favorite book of Dickens' remains Bleak House, this was another delight-delightful with a feeling of dread.
Dickens is as masterful as ever with this book, the characters so well intertwined and the setting so vividly illustrated, that this is difficult to put down. While I would have preferred the usual, verbose Dickens-with the rich detail, and the fuller context of characters' backstories; this was still fantastic, well-written and entertaining.
I recommend this book to all fans of Dickens, the English language or great literature in general. You can't consider yourself well-read until you've familiar with the breadth of Charles Dickens' literature. I'm only sad that the list of books by Dickens that I HAVEN'T read is quickly dwindling.
With a title like Hard Times, and with my familiarity of Dickens' other literature (I would never accuse Mr. Dickens of his levity throughout his fictions, I had apprehensions about the dark shenanigans that would be going down in this book. While my favorite book of Dickens' remains Bleak House, this was another delight-delightful with a feeling of dread.
Dickens is as masterful as ever with this book, the characters so well intertwined and the setting so vividly illustrated, that this is difficult to put down. While I would have preferred the usual, verbose Dickens-with the rich detail, and the fuller context of characters' backstories; this was still fantastic, well-written and entertaining.
I recommend this book to all fans of Dickens, the English language or great literature in general. You can't consider yourself well-read until you've familiar with the breadth of Charles Dickens' literature. I'm only sad that the list of books by Dickens that I HAVEN'T read is quickly dwindling.