Hard Times by Charles DickensMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Dickens, it seems, repeatedly leans to the mass of the people, then draws back, because to commit himself would have been to wake up from the dream of harmony between classes.
(Introduction, page 35)
The indefatigable Mrs Sparsit, with a violetn cold upon her, her voice reduced to a whisper, and her stately frame so racked by continual sneezes that it seemed in danger of dismemberment…
(page 257)
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