Hard Times (Cronos Classics)

Hard Times is unusual in several respects. It is by far the shortest of Dickens' novels, barely a quarter of the length of those written immediately before and after it.The novel follows a classical tripartite structure, and the titles of each book are related to Galatians 6:7, 'For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.' Book I is entitled 'Sowing', Book II is entitled 'Reaping', and the third is 'Garnering.