- Beautifully illustrated with delightful sketches from early editions, Hard Times is Dickens' tenth novel and his first to be set outside London. It's an intriguing tale about a fictional industrial town in the nineteenth century that focuses on English society and highlights the social and economic pressures of the period.
- Just as accessible and enjoyable for today's modern readers as it would have been when first published over a century ago, the novel is one of the great works of English literature and continues to be widely read throughout the world.
- This meticulous digital edition from Heritage Illustrated Publishing is a faithful reproduction of the original text.