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Hard Times (version 2 dramatic reading) - Charles Dickens

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
Mr. Gradgrind: Marty Kris
Sissy Jupe: J L Raimundo
Bitzer: mb
Gentleman: Tom Crawford
Louisa Gradgrind: Arielle Lipshaw
Mr. Bounderby: Andy Minter
Mrs. Gradgrind: Beth Thomas
Tom Gradgrind: Max Korlinge
Mr. E. W. B. Childers: David Lawrence
Master Kidderminster: Elizabeth Klett
Mr. Sleary: Ron Altman
Mrs. Sparsit: Elizabeth Klett
Stephen Blackpool: Nigel Boydell
Rachael: Karen Savage
Mrs. Blackpool: Bev J. Stevens
Mrs. Pegler: Sally McConnell
James Harthouse: Algy Pug
Slackbridge: John Steigerwald
Voice 1: sylly
Voice 2: J L Raimundo
Jane Gradgrind: Goldfish
Waiter: Nigel Boydell
Man: Algy Pug
Clown: Bev J. Stevens

Text prepared by Arielle Lipshaw and Elizabeth Klett
Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

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Book 1, Chapter 01, The One Thing NeedfulBook 1, Chapter 02, Murdering the InnocentsBook 1, Chapter 03, A LoopholeBook 1, Chapter 04, Mr. BounderbyBook 1, Chapter 05, The KeynoteBook 1, Chapter 06, Sleary's HorsemanshipBook 1, Chapter 07, Mrs. SparsitBook 1, Chapter 08, Never WonderBook 1, Chapter 09, Sissy's ProgressBook 1, Chapter 10, Stephen BlackpoolBook 1, Chapter 11, No Way OutBook 1, Chapter 12, The Old WomanBook 1, Chapter 13, RachaelBook 1, Chapter 14, The Great ManufacturerBook 1, Chapter 15, Father and DaughterBook 1, Chapter 16, Husband and WifeBook 2, Chapter 01, Effects in the BankBook 2, Chapter 02, Mr. James HarthouseBook 2, Chapter 03, The WhelpBook 2, Chapter 04, Men and BrothersBook 2, Chapter 05, Men and MastersBook 2, Chapter 06, Fading AwayBook 2, Chapter 07, GunpowderBook 2, Chapter 08, ExplosionBook 2, Chapter 09, Hearing the Last of ItBook 2, Chapter 10, Mrs. Sparsit's StaircaseBook 2, Chapter 11, Lower and LowerBook 2, Chapter 12, DownBook 3, Chapter 01, Another Thing NeedfulBook 3, Chapter 02, Very RidiculousBook 3, Chapter 03, Very DecidedBook 3, Chapter 04, LostBook 3, Chapter 05, FoundBook 3, Chapter 06, The StarlightBook 3, Chapter 07, Whelp-HuntingBook 3, Chapter 08, PhilosophicalBook 3, Chapter 09, Final
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