Hard Times (version 2 dramatic reading) by Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

Hard Times (version 2 dramatic reading) by Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

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Charles Dickens' 1854 novel opens with the philosophy of education espoused by the eminently practical Mr. Gradgrind, who prizes "facts and calculations." He raises his children, most prominently Louisa and Tom, to eschew imagination and emotion and embrace order and reason. The results are disastrous: Louisa marries out of duty to the supposed self-made man Mr. Bounderby, while Tom grows up dissolute, ultimately commits theft and blames it on an unfortunate laborer, Stephen Blackpool. Set in the fictional Coketown, a mill town in the north of England, Dickens' novel satirizes capitalism, social mobility, class stratification, and Utilitarianism. This dramatic reading of the novel features a full cast of LibriVox volunteers, who lend their voices to Dickens' vibrant comic characters. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast Narrator: Bob Neufeld (http://librivox.org/reader/3912) Mr. Gradgrind: Marty Kris (http://librivox.org/reader/6035) Sissy Jupe: J L Raimundo (http://librivox.org/reader/5860) Bitzer: mb (http://librivox.org/reader/1492) Gentleman: Tom Crawford (http://librivox.org/reader/2990) Louisa Gradgrind: Arielle Lipshaw (http://librivox.org/reader/3536) Mr. Bounderby: Andy Minter (http://librivox.org/reader/152) Mrs. Gradgrind: Beth Thomas (http://librivox.org/reader/6281) Tom Gradgrind: Max Korlinge (http://librivox.org/reader/6333) Mr. E. W. B. Childers: David Lawrence (http://librivox.org/reader/2911) Master Kidderminster: Elizabeth Klett (http://librivox.org/reader/1259) Mr. Sleary: Ron Altman (http://librivox.org/reader/6535) Mrs. Sparsit: Elizabeth Klett (http://librivox.org/reader/1259) Stephen Blackpool: Nigel Boydell (http://librivox.org/reader/6459) Rachael: Karen Savage (http://librivox.org/reader/103) Mrs. Blackpool: Bev J. Stevens (http://librivox.org/reader/3816) Mrs. Pegler: Sally McConnell (http://librivox.org/reader/4706) James Harthouse: Algy Pug (http://librivox.org/reader/4705) Slackbridge: John Steigerwald (http://librivox.org/reader/4547) Voice 1: sylly (http://librivox.org/reader/6610) Voice 2: J L Raimundo (http://librivox.org/reader/5860) Jane Gradgrind: Goldfish (http://librivox.org/reader/6534) Waiter: Nigel Boydell (http://librivox.org/reader/6459) Man: Algy Pug (http://librivox.org/reader/4705) Clown: Bev J. Stevens (http://librivox.org/reader/3816) Text prepared by Arielle Lipshaw and Elizabeth Klett Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

Publisher
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Category
fiction
Language
en
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No
First episode
16 Sept 2024
Latest episode
16 Sept 2024
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