Hard Times
Charles Dickens
Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
Hard Times, the shortest of Dickens's full-length novels, is set in the fictitious Victorian-England city of Coketown, where facts are the rule and all fancy is to be stamped out. The plot centers around the men and women of the town, some of whom are beaten down by the city's utilitarian ideals and some of whom manage to rise above it. The novel was written in 1854 and was a scathing attack on then-current ideas of utilitarianism, which Dickens viewed as a selfish and at times oppressive philosophy. Perhaps the novel's best features are its clever, ironic narration and the larger-than-life characters that push the plot forward, such as the upper-class banker and hypocritical braggart, Josiah Bounderby, and the fact-driven schoolmaster, Thomas Gradgrind. (Summary by Rosalind Wills). (10 hr 54 min)
Chapitres
| Book 1, Chapters 1-3 | 23:49 | Lu par Kirsten Ferreri |
| Book 1, Chapters 4-5 | 31:28 | Lu par Stewart Wills |
| Book 1, Chapter 6 | 25:28 | Lu par Rosalind Wills |
| Book 1, Chapters 7-8 | 26:24 | Lu par Joseph Ugoretz |
| Book 1, Chapters 9-10 | 35:07 | Lu par Paul Hansen |
| Book 1, Chapters 11-12 | 24:59 | Lu par Rosalind Wills |
| Book 1, Chapters 13-14 | 33:46 | Lu par Paul Hansen |
| Book 1, Chapters 15-16 | 35:46 | Lu par Paul Hansen |
| Book 2, Chapter 1 | 31:42 | Lu par Stuart Bell |
| Book 2, Chapters 2-3 | 27:11 | Lu par Joseph Ugoretz |
| Book 2, Chapters 4-5 | 41:06 | Lu par Paul Hansen |
| Book 2, Chapter 6 | 31:30 | Lu par Paul Hansen |
| Book 2, Chapter 7 | 29:23 | Lu par Debra Lynn |
| Book 2, Chapter 8 | 26:56 | Lu par Zachary Brewster-Geisz |
| Book 2, Chapters 9-10 | 30:52 | Lu par JemmaBlythe |
| Book 2, Chapters 11-12 | 31:00 | Lu par Debra Lynn |
| Book 3, Chapters 1-2 | 35:28 | Lu par Debra Lynn |
| Book 3, Chapters 3-4 | 39:40 | Lu par Debra Lynn |
| Book 3, Chapter 5 | 21:30 | Lu par Graham Thomsen |
| Book 3, Chapter 6 | 21:37 | Lu par Joseph Ugoretz |
| Book 3, Chapter 7 | 24:17 | Lu par Joseph Ugoretz |
| Book 3, Chapters 8-9 | 25:46 | Lu par Joseph Ugoretz |
Critiques
Just excellent!
LibriVox populi var. VB
Wow, can't believe I'm only review of this. Great readers!! Thanks, wonderful volunteers
Great Classic
A LibriVox Listener
One of the better classic novels I've been assigned to read.
A LibriVox Listener
Another great story by Dickens and a great bunch of readers!
Wonderful set of readers!
Yash Kant Pandey
Thanks to the volunteers who made their contribution into reading this timeless classic by Dickens. They brought the text alive.
enjoyed this book really well read
Maureenjones
Hiker1956
a Dickens classic read by multiple readers. Had a difficult time tracking all the characters when different readers read characters as different voices. if readers are going to read characters differently it would be nice if there would be only one reader per book so characters would have one voice than several
Claire Marie-Peterson
Aside from a couple of mispronunciations, the readings are all good to fantastic! I actually enjoyed the variety of readers. As to the novel itself, it is one of my favorites, delivering in a relatively short format all of the things that make Dickens a literary genius.
good story
Dennie59
All of the readers did a fine job. Thank you for your donated time and talents. I enjoyed this and will listen to it again.