“Others might say it's a boring novel but what we must always remember about "Hard Times" is that it's an industrial novel that does not aim to appeal to the romantic side of things. It aims to represent truth and values and the harshness that comes with learning them in the society. With its caricature characters, all of which are symbolic, it's constant allusion to biblical verses conveying the same values, and the mocking of the defects of society "Hard Times", I think, is one of Dickens'...”

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