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Founding TextsPublished 1854

Hard Times

by Charles Dickens

Pages

207

Difficulty

Demanding

Tone

Ink

Chapters

37

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  1. Chapter I
  2. Chapter Ii
  3. Chapter Iii
  4. Chapter Iv
  5. Chapter V
  6. Chapter Vi
  7. Chapter Vii
  8. Chapter Viii
  9. Chapter Ix
  10. Chapter X
  11. Chapter Xi
  12. Chapter Xii
  13. Chapter Xiii
  14. Chapter Xiv
  15. Chapter Xv
  16. Chapter Xvi
  17. Chapter I
  18. Chapter Ii
  19. Chapter Iii
  20. Chapter Iv
  21. Chapter V
  22. Chapter Vi
  23. Chapter Vii
  24. Chapter Viii
  25. Chapter Ix
  26. Chapter X
  27. Chapter Xi
  28. Chapter Xii
  29. Chapter I
  30. Chapter Ii
  31. Chapter Iii
  32. Chapter Iv
  33. Chapter V
  34. Chapter Vi
  35. Chapter Vii
  36. Chapter Viii
  37. Chapter Ix
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Themes

ReckoningArgumentGrace

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