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