Oxford World’s Classics: Hard Times

Description

Hard Times—Dickens’s shortest novel and one of his triumphs–tells the tragic story of Louisa Gradgrind and her father and has had lasting appeal to generations of readers. A useful appendix of the author’s working notes, together with an enlightening introduction and full explanatory notes, will ensure that this edition becomes the obvious choice for anyone studying the novel.

Key Features

• Dickens’s shortest novel and one of his triumphs.
• Provides useful appendix of the author’s working notes.
• Includes an enlightening introduction and full explanatory notes.

The Oxford World’s Classics series makes available the greatest works of world literature. Each volume presents a superb text, an introduction by a leading scholar, a chronology of the author’s life, a select bibliography, and full explanatory notes.

About the Series

For over 100 years, Oxford World’s Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford’s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, maps, illustrations and much more. A continuous program of new titles and revised editions ensures that the series retains its breadth and reflects the latest scholarship. Comprehensive introductions, clear explanatory notes, chronologies, and bibliographies support the classic texts.

Currently providing access to novels, and other writings, from the 18th, 19th and 20th century, you can support your research using the comprehensive introductions, clear explanatory notes, chronologies, and bibliographies available in every book.

Editor Biography

Paul Schlicke is lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen.