Hard Times

Part of Penguin''s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award—winning Coralie Bickford—Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high—quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from any young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Lo...