Charles Dickens – Hard Times
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In Hard Times, Charles Dickens uses satire and melodrama to emphasize the mechanization of society and the pursuit of profit at the expense of humanity, making the novel a powerful social commentary on the era’s values and challenges.
Set in industrial Coketown, England, Hard Times critiques the dehumanizing effects of the Industrial Revolution, portraying a stark divide between the rich and poor.
Dickens uses satire and melodrama to emphasize the mechanization of society and the pursuit of profit at the expense of humanity, making the novel a powerful social commentary on the era's values and challenges.