Hard Times

Charles Dickens was an English novelist and social critic. All his novels focus on the major social issues in Victorian England. Hard Times picks up one such social issue and sheds light on its problems. The novel is set in a fictional industrial town of Coketown, where life is harsh and devoid of love. But when a circus comes to town, it attracts the attention of many with its artistic appeal. What will be the outcome of the clash between these two ways of life?