HARD TIMES

A novel publised in 1854

The work

Theory

Novel

Degraded
world

Problematic
hero

Novel as a
biography and
social chronicle

Modern lifestyle

Social division

Collective thinking

1. Sowing

3. Garnering

Charles Dickens

was born in 1812

Industrial revolution

Victorian society
mid XIX century

2. Reaping

General ideology

Discourses

Economical

Pedagogical

Utilitarianism

Pragmatic

Scientific