Subject : Narrativa Inglesa I – 4595 – Group A

Student´s name : Roberto Bartolomé Iglesias

Title of the paper : "Hard Times": Kindness as Salvation

Author or topic : Charles Dickens

Abstract :

In Starting from the extensive Charles Dickens´ novel "Hard Times", my paper will consist on some essential aspects of the basic features of this Victorian novelist. Having made a previous journey to his biography attending to some relevant aspects that will be reflected in his novel, and later revising his works and writings, we will be ready to understand his literature easier.
Dealing with "Hard Times", I will take out its characteristic elements, from the extended pesimism also related to the utilitarism, to the final kindness in human´s heart, which will turn into the salvation of a grey and cold world.
Some aspects as industrial society at this time ( high class v.s. working class) and the metaphoric marks on the characters will be also included among other basic characteristics of this great novel.