TY  - BOOK
N2  - "Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.  Imagine a world where imagination is forbidden. Coketown is such a place. Thomas Gradgrind will not permit fanciful thoughts in his school or his home. But what effect will this policy have on his own children, Tom and Louisa? How can he protect them from corrupting influences - especially when the circus comes to town? Dark satanic mills, interrupted by the colour and vibrancy of Sleary's Circus, set the stage for a sweeping tale of suppressed love, seduction and social mores, peopled with the sharply observed, exaggerated characters that Dickens is celebrated for."
AB  - "Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.  Imagine a world where imagination is forbidden. Coketown is such a place. Thomas Gradgrind will not permit fanciful thoughts in his school or his home. But what effect will this policy have on his own children, Tom and Louisa? How can he protect them from corrupting influences - especially when the circus comes to town? Dark satanic mills, interrupted by the colour and vibrancy of Sleary's Circus, set the stage for a sweeping tale of suppressed love, seduction and social mores, peopled with the sharply observed, exaggerated characters that Dickens is celebrated for."
T1  - Charles Dickens :Hard times /
AU  - McAndrew, Deborah,
AU  - Dickens, Charles,
CN  - PR6113.C315
CN  - PR6113.C315
ID  - 842972
KW  - Adult drama, English.
SN  - 9781350083103
SN  - 1350083100
TI  - Charles Dickens :Hard times /
ER  -