NOVELS SHORT STORIES
POETRY CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Hard Times
by Charles Dickens
1854
BOOK THE FIRST — SOWING

CHAPTER I — THE ONE THING NEEDFUL

CHAPTER II — MURDERING THE INNOCENTS

CHAPTER III — A LOOPHOLE

CHAPTER IV — MR. BOUNDERBY

CHAPTER V — THE KEYNOTE

CHAPTER VI — SLEARY’S HORSEMANSHIP

CHAPTER VII — MRS. SPARSIT

CHAPTER VIII — NEVER WONDER

CHAPTER IX — SISSY’S PROGRESS

CHAPTER X — STEPHEN BLACKPOOL

CHAPTER XI — NO WAY OUT

CHAPTER XII — THE OLD WOMAN

CHAPTER XIII — RACHAEL

CHAPTER XIV — THE GREAT MANUFACTURER

CHAPTER XV — FATHER AND DAUGHTER

CHAPTER XVI — HUSBAND AND WIFE

BOOK THE SECOND — REAPING

CHAPTER I — EFFECTS IN THE BANK

CHAPTER II — MR. JAMES HARTHOUSE

CHAPTER III — THE WHELP

CHAPTER IV — MEN AND BROTHERS

CHAPTER V — MEN AND MASTERS

CHAPTER VI — FADING AWAY

CHAPTER VII — GUNPOWDER

CHAPTER VIII — EXPLOSION

CHAPTER IX — HEARING THE LAST OF IT

CHAPTER X — MRS. SPARSIT’S STAIRCASE

CHAPTER XI — LOWER AND LOWER

CHAPTER XII — DOWN

BOOK THE THIRD — GARNERING

CHAPTER I — ANOTHER THING NEEDFUL

CHAPTER II — VERY RIDICULOUS

CHAPTER III — VERY DECIDED

CHAPTER IV — LOST

CHAPTER V — FOUND

CHAPTER VI — THE STARLIGHT

CHAPTER VII — WHELP–HUNTING

CHAPTER VIII — PHILOSOPHICAL

CHAPTER IX — FINAL