Publisher's Synopsis
Synopsis: In life the only thing that matters is the facts. With these words from the sinister Mr. Gradgrind begins the novel Difficult Times, a novel in which from the beginning to the end the theme is the desperate search for happiness on the part of his characters. Located in an industrial city in the north of England, the reader witnesses the slow and progressive destruction of the doctrine of the facts, which pretends to be implacable but which, seeping into the lives of the characters, remodels them, sinking some already others infusing them with new life. Hard Times is Dickens's most critical and passionate novel and at the same time, like all of this author's works, it is an ambitious, deep and intelligent exploration of English society two centuries ago.Biography of Charles DickensCharles Dickens, born February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth, is considered the most famous of the writers of the Victorian era in England, as well as one of the undoubted universal classics of literature. From a humble family, his father ended up being imprisoned for debt problems, which led a Dickens still child to seek work in a dye factory. This was an experience that he would write later, although adding large doses of fiction, in one of his best-known works: David Copperfield (1850). In 1843 he published what would be his best known work, A Christmas Carol, a children's play that has been adapted countless times to film, theater and television
