Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster in Cokestown, a northern English village beset by industrialism, runs his family and his school with a rigid adherence to facts, but his daughter's loveless marriage, his son's involvement with gambling and robbery, and his encounters with a variety of characters, force him to recognize the value of the human heart.
year: 1981, 1998, 1992, 1996, 2001, 1989, 2008, 2012, 1988, 2004, 1966, 1958, 1907, 1961, 1965
call number/section: 1000
subjects: social problems, england, fiction, political fiction, domestic fiction, england, social conditions, 19th century, fiction, social life and customs, social problems-fiction; utilitarianism-fiction; married people-fiction; england-fiction, fiction, political, fiction, domestic
Editions
Dickens, Charles
Bantam Books (1981)
Relates the experiences of a variety of characters struggling in nineteenth-century industrial England.
Schools: 0
Dickens, Charles
Oxford University Press (1998)
In a northern English town, disciplinarian Thomas Gradgrind must reexamine his utilitarian worldview when his daughter's upbringing and loveless marriage lead her to a crisis. Includes an introduction, explanatory notes, and Dickens's working notes for the novel.
Schools: 1
Dickens, Charles
Distributed by Random House (1992)
Contains the complete text of the nineteenth-century tale of redemption in a northern English town beset by industrialism, and includes a critical introduction and chronology.
Schools: 5
Dickens, Charles
Konemann (1996)
Schools: 1
Dickens, Charles
Dover Publications (2001)
Schools: 0
Dickens, Charles
Oxford University Press (1989)
Schools: 2
Dickens, Charles
Collector's Library (2008)
Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster in Cokestown, a northern English village beset by industrialism, runs his family and his school with a rigid adherence to facts, but his daughter's loveless marriage, his son's involvement with gambling and robbery, and his encounters with a variety of characters force him to recognize the value of the human heart.
Schools: 0
Dickens, Charles
Vintage Books (2012)
Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster in Cokestown, a northern English village beset by industrialism, runs his family and his school with a rigid adherence to facts, but his daughter's loveless marriage, his son's involvement with gambling and robbery, and his encounters with a variety of characters force him to recognize the value of the human heart.
Schools: 0
Dickins, Charles
Watermill (1988)
Schools: 0
Dickens, Charles
Barnes & Noble (2004)
Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster in Cokestown, a northern English village beset by industrialism, runs his family and his school with a rigid adherence to facts, but his daughter's loveless marriage, his son's involvement with gambling and robbery, and his encounters with a variety of characters, force him to recognize the value of the human heart.
Schools: 1
Dickens, Charles
Nelson (1966)
Schools: 0
Dickens, Charles
Harper (1958)
Schools: 0
Dickens, Charles
Dent, Dutton (1907)
Raised during the rise of industry, Louisa, whose poor choices in later life result from too practical an upbringing, cares nothing about what happens to her.
Schools: 0
Dickens, Charles
Signet (1961)
Schools: 0
Dickens, Charles
Harper & Row (1965)
Schools: 0
Dickens, Charles
Harper (1965)
Schools: 0
Dickens, Charles
Dent, Dutton (1907)
Raised during the rise of industry, Louisa, whose poor choices in later life result from too practical an upbringing, cares nothing about what happens to her.
Schools: 1
Dickens, Charles
Harper (1965)
Schools: 0
Dickens, Charles
Schools: 1