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Hard Times Written By : Charles Dickens Narrator : Frederick Davidson Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc Length : 11 hours 30 minutes Type : Classic Literature Price : $23.95 Buy Now! "A bitter indictment of industrialization, with its dehumanizing effects on workers and communities in mid-19th-century England." --Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature "The narrator's British accent goes well with Dickens's overly dramatic and lush prose." --AudioFile Originally written for Dickens's weekly magazine, Household Words, this short novel follows the fate of Sissy Jupe, a warm-hearted circus child, and the family that adopts her. Deserted by her ailing father, Sissy is taken into the cold household of the Gradgrind family, which operates a school. The "eminently practical" Thomas Gradgrind believes only in facts and figures and has raised his children accordingly, thoroughly suppressing the imaginative sides of their nature. They grow up in ignorance of love and affection, of beauty and culture, or of empathy for others, and the consequences are devastating. Only after numerous crises does Thomas realize that his principles have corrupted their lives. Dickens's satirical expos of the Industrial Revolution condemns the utilitarianism that exploited the bodies, minds, and souls of the vulnerable labor class. Other titles you may be interested in Shakespeare's Speeches: King Lear - Act II, Scene IV Written By : William Shakespeare Narrator : Alec Guiness Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Length : 1 minutes Type : Shakespeare Classic Literature Price : $1.65 Alec Guinness's performance as King Lear stirs the listener in this recording from the BBC Sound Archives. More... A+ Audio Guide: Macbeth Written By : Dr. Mark Breitenberg Narrator : Roger Rees Published By : Hachette Audio Length : 1 hour Type : Classic Literature Self Help Price : $9.98 $6.98 A+ Audio is the innovative audio study guide series that will help you better understand, appreciate, and enjoy great works of literature. More... Antony & Cleopatra Written By : William Shakespeare Narrator : Full Cast Performance Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Length : 2 hours 55 minutes Type : Dramatizations Classic Literature Shakespeare Price : $18.49 Frances Barber and David Harewood star in Shakespeare's towering tale of great love, political intrigue and tragedy. BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923,... More... Gulliver's Travels Written By : Jonathan Swift Narrator : Pamela Garelick Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc Length : 12 hours Type : Classic Literature Price : $49.95 $23.95 Swift’s masterpiece of satire tells of the fantastic voyages of the Englishman Lemuel Gulliver, whose travels take him to lands where the inhabitants are only six inches tall as well as to lands where they are sixty feet high, where horses have the capacity to reason, and where animals are... More... Hamlet Written By : William Shakespeare Narrator : Full Cast Performance Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Length : 3 hours 30 minutes Type : Dramatizations Classic Literature Audio Theater Shakespeare Price : $22.25 Michael Sheen, Kenneth Cranham and Juliet Stevenson star in the best-known and most powerful tragedy of modern times. BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since I... More...