Audiobook Hard Times

'There is a wisdom of the head, and… there is a wisdom of the heart.' One of Dickens's shortest novels, and admired by critics such as F. R. Leavis and George Bernard Shaw, Hard Times offers a profound social commentary on nineteenth century England. Set in the fictional industrial city of Coketown – characterised by its ash-strewn factories, polluted environment and soulless spirit – Hard Times centres on the strict, no-nonsense schoolmaster, Thomas Gradgrind, who values fact, rationalism and self-interest above all else.

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Author:

Charles Dickens

Narrator:

Paterson Joseph

Content:

Unabridged (chapter list)

Length:

10:15 h

Format:

MP3 download (438 MB)

Language:

English

Publisher:

SNR Audio (2025)

Genres:

Classics, Fiction

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Track list

01 - Chapter 1	0:09	1 MB
02 - Chapter 2	2:13	1 MB
03 - Chapter 3	12:20	9 MB
04 - Chapter 4	10:23	7 MB
05 - Chapter 5	14:03	10 MB
06 - Chapter 6	11:42	8 MB
07 - Chapter 7	26:27	18 MB
08 - Chapter 8	13:39	9 MB
09 - Chapter 9	12:08	8 MB
10 - Chapter 10	16:00	11 MB
11 - Chapter 11	12:06	8 MB
12 - Chapter 12	12:06	8 MB
13 - Chapter 13	10:37	7 MB
14 - Chapter 14	17:14	12 MB
15 - Chapter 15	10:41	7 MB
16 - Chapter 16	17:26	12 MB
17 - Chapter 17	12:03	8 MB
18 - Chapter 18	27:55	20 MB
19 - Chapter 19	17:36	12 MB
20 - Chapter 20	10:29	7 MB
21 - Chapter 21	18:18	12 MB
22 - Chapter 22	15:01	10 MB
23 - Chapter 23	25:43	18 MB
24 - Chapter 24	27:43	19 MB
25 - Chapter 25	28:36	20 MB
26 - Chapter 26	19:10	14 MB
27 - Chapter 27	10:15	7 MB
28 - Chapter 28	19:01	13 MB
29 - Chapter 29	10:38	7 MB
30 - Chapter 30	14:40	10 MB
31 - Chapter 31	20:35	14 MB
32 - Chapter 32	19:24	13 MB
33 - Chapter 33	21:31	14 MB
34 - Chapter 34	19:40	13 MB
35 - Chapter 35	22:21	16 MB
36 - Chapter 36	24:44	17 MB
37 - Chapter 37	13:50	9 MB
38 - Chapter 38	12:19	8 MB
39 - Chapter 39	0:17	1 MB
40 - Chapter 40	3:44	2 MB