内容简介
Mr Gradgrind wants "Facts'! And along with rich merchant Josiah Bounderby, he intends to turn Coketown into a world of calcula-tion and mechanization without any room for feelings. But people are not cogs - and society, it seems, is no machine ...
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目录
BOOK?THE?FIRST.SOWING
CHAPTER
I.THE?ONE?THING?NEEDFUL
II.MURDERING?THE?INNOCENTS
III.A?LOOPHOLE
IV.MR.BOUNDERBY
V.THE?DEY-NOTE
VI.SLEARY''S?HORSEMANSHIP
VII.MRS.SPARSIT
VIII.NEVER?WONDER
IX.SISSY''S?PROGERSS
X.STEPHEN?BLACKPOOL
XI.ON?WAY?OUT
XII.THE?OLD?WOMAN
XIII.RACHAEL
XIV.THE?GREAT?MANUFACTURER
XV.FATHER?AND?DAUGHTER
XVI.HUSBAND?AND?WIFE
BOOK?THE?SECOND.REAPING
I.EFFECTS?IN?THE?BANK
II.MR.JAMES?HARTHOUSE
III.THE?WHELP
IV.MEN?AND?BROTHERS
V.MEN?AND?MASTERS
VI.FADING?AWAY
VII.GUNPOWDER
VIII.EXPLOSION
IX.HEARING?THE?LAST?OF?IT
X.MRS.SPARSIT''S?STAIRCISE
XI.LOWER?AND?LOWER
XII.KOWN
BOOK?THE?THIRD.GRANERING
CHAPETR
I.ANOTHER?THING?NEEDFUL
II.VERY?RIDICULOUS
III.VERY?DECIDED
IV.LOST
V.FOUND
VI.THE?STARLIGHT
VII.WHELR-HUNTING
VIII.PHILOSOPHICAL
IX.FINAL