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Works of Charles Dickens: Character Analyses, Critical Commentary, Essay Questions and Bibliography

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Dickens, Charles

Dickens, Charles
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Character Analyses, Critical Commentary, Essay Questions and Bibliography

Character Analyses

Hard Times is remarkable among the novels of Dickens not only for its
brevity, but for its small cast of characters. In contrast to the Pickwick
Papers, in which there are about three hundred and fifty characters, or to
David Copperfield, in which some forty characters play some role, in Hard
Times there are only seventeen people who have a part of any significance.
They are listed in alphabetical order.

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