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Hard Times by Charles Dickens

The shortest novel by far of Charles Dickens", Hard Times is also one of his most idea based works. In it, he launches a scathing attack on the prevailing fashion of believing in Utilitarianism, a philosophy that proposed the goal of society should be “the greatest good for the greatest number of people.” Dickens felt that such a philosophy saw people as mere statistics and not as individuals. The novel was published in serial form in his magazine Household Words. It is also the only novel where

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4:36
01 - Book 1, Chapter 01, The One Thing Needful
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02 - Book 1, Chapter 02, Murdering the Innocents
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03 - Book 1, Chapter 03, A Loophole
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04 - Book 1, Chapter 04, Mr. Bounderby
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05 - Book 1, Chapter 05, The Keynote
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06 - Book 1, Chapter 06, Sleary's Horsemanship
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07 - Book 1, Chapter 07, Mrs. Sparsit
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08 - Book 1, Chapter 08, Never Wonder
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09 - Book 1, Chapter 09, Sissy's Progress
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10 - Book 1, Chapter 10, Stephen Blackpool
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11 - Book 1, Chapter 11, No Way Out
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12 - Book 1, Chapter 12, The Old Woman
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13 - Book 1, Chapter 13, Rachael
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14 - Book 1, Chapter 14, The Great Manufacturer
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15 - Book 1, Chapter 15, Father and Daughter
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16 - Book 1, Chapter 16, Husband and Wife
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17 - Book 2, Chapter 01, Effects in the Bank
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18 - Book 2, Chapter 02, Mr. James Harthouse
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19 - Book 2, Chapter 03, The Whelp
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20 - Book 2, Chapter 04, Men and Brothers
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