{"product_id":"hard-times-dickens","title":"Hard Times – Charles Dickens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the industrial city of Coketown, Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Louisa and Tom, on a strict diet of facts and statistics, suppressing all imagination and emotion. The result is a family tragedy: Louisa enters a loveless marriage, and Tom becomes a thief. The novel contrasts their sterile world with the vibrant, chaotic life of the circus people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHard Times is Dickens's shortest and most polemical novel. It is a savage critique of Utilitarianism and the dehumanizing effects of the Industrial Revolution. It champions the importance of fancy, wonder, and the human heart against the cold logic of the machine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Rémanence","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53222263652698,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/6513\/4426\/files\/livre-hard-times-charles-dickens-editions-remanence-vue-3d.jpg?v=1789545055","url":"https:\/\/editionsremanence.com\/en-gb\/products\/hard-times-dickens","provider":"Editions Rémanence","version":"1.0","type":"link"}