So, Hard Times. Or to give the book its full title, Hard Times for These Times. And has there ever been a more perfect title for These Days? If you are unfamiliar with Charles Dickens, besides, perhaps, A Christmas Carol, there are a few things you ought to know about the man. The man is, nearly always, On A Mission. (OK, the Pickwick Papers is just plain fun.) He’s from the Victorian era, newspapers have just been, more or less, invented, and his books are […]
Hard Times for These Times
Hard Times by Charles Dickens