Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Hard Times
A Charles Dickens wake-up call—reimagined for today’s reader.

Charles Dickens’ Hard Times remains one of literature’s sharpest indictments of industrial society—a lean, forceful novel that challenges the cost of prioritizing reason over compassion, profit over people, and fact over feeling.

This Red Spine Edition isn’t just a reprint—it’s a revitalized reading experience. Alongside the full original text, you’ll find a beautifully crafted foreword exploring the book’s themes, social relevance, unforgettable characters, and the personal urgency that drove Dickens to write it. Whether you’re discovering this classic for the first time or returning with fresh eyes, this edition invites you to reflect, question, and engage.

Part of The Red Spine Collection, this volume belongs to a curated library of 100 essential classics—each one edited with care, unified by a timeless design, and written to feel just as alive today as the day it was first published.

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