"Hard Times" stands as one of Charles Dickens's most powerful social critiques, unmasking the harsh realities of Victorian industrialization, utilitarianism, and the triumph of cold fact over human imagination.
Published in London in 1970 by Heron Books to commemorate the centenary of Dickens's death, this luxurious edition comes bound in rich olive-green faux leather featuring intricate gold-gilt arabesque tooling on both boards and spine. Complete with an introduction by Dingle Foot, classic period illustrations by F. Walker and Maurice Greiffenhagen, and an attached golden silk ribbon bookmark.
