Project Gutenberg 2015-12-26 Public domain in the USA. 168 Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 Boz Dickens, Charles John Huffam French, H. Mensing, C. M. Hard times. Dutch Slechte Tijden Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg. "Slechte Tijden" by Charles Dickens is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around Thomas Gradgrind, a strict schoolmaster who believes solely in facts and rationality, insisting that education should be devoid of imagination and emotion. The narrative delves into themes of industrialization, the dehumanization of individuals, and the consequences of an education system that neglects the creative facets of humanity. The opening portion of the novel introduces us to Thomas Gradgrind and his utilitarian philosophy of education centered on facts. Gradgrind is depicted as a rigid figure, who, while in a monotonous classroom, emphasizes the importance of facts over imagination, interacting with his pupils, particularly a girl named Sissy Jupe. Sissy struggles under Gradgrind's harsh educational regime, highlighting the tension between her imaginative nature and the rigid expectations of her environment. As the chapter progresses, we see Gradgrind's approach to education and child-rearing starkly contrasted with the emotions and creativity embodied by Sissy and her father, revealing early on the central conflict between factual rigidity and the human spirit. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. nl England -- Fiction Domestic fiction Social problems -- Fiction Utilitarianism -- Fiction Education -- Fiction Political fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: British Literature 820253 2025-06-20T12:12:11.840421 text/html 815212 2024-10-22T23:39:14 text/html 3317413 2025-06-20T12:12:25.640879 application/epub+zip 3376589 2025-06-20T12:12:15.021463 application/epub+zip 408143 2025-06-20T12:12:13.335465 application/epub+zip 3579111 2025-06-20T12:12:33.187892 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3485791 2025-06-20T12:12:24.200913 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 520543 2022-09-23T05:34:36.939892 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 688526 2023-09-22T06:35:40.090521 text/plain 668760 2024-10-22T23:39:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17402 2025-06-20T12:12:33.369843 application/rdf+xml 22059 2025-06-20T12:12:13.526416 image/jpeg 3211 2025-06-20T12:12:13.425446 image/jpeg 3167995 2025-06-20T12:12:11.998419 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia