Charles Dickens' Hard Times: A Look At Then And Now.

Hard Times by Charles Dickens is a very dismal tale of Victorian England at the period of industrialization. In the novel, Dickens controversially depicts various injustices he sees happening within England during the Victorian Era and places them in Hard Times. The imaginary town in which the book takes place is called Coke town, but is actually based on the non-fictional town of Preston, England. Dickens stayed at Preston while Victorian workers went on strike. …

…of his time, especially with the content of Hard Times. He approaches the issues of those who faced struggle in Victorian England with sincerity, honesty, and strength. By writing Hard Times, Dickens spoke for all the voices who could not be heard in a time of crisis. Nearly two decades later, those who read his works will still find themselves eerily able to relate the political problems of then with the political problems of now.