Hard Times
by Charles Dickens
- First published
- 1854
- Language
- English
- VocaScene level
- B2
- Genre
- classic
- Length
- About 104k words
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This English classic is listed at B2 in the VocaScene catalog. The level is guidance for choosing reading material, not a formal language assessment. Signed-in readers can select unfamiliar words, see meanings and save vocabulary for later practice.
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PAGE _Stephen and Rachael in the Sick-room_ 64 _Mr. Harthouse Dining at the Bounderbys’_ 100 _Mr. Harthouse and Tom Gradgrind in the Garden_ 132 _Stephen Blackpool recovered from the Old Hell Shaft_ 206
‘NOW, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own children, and this is the principle on which I bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!’
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