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Hard Times

by Charles Dickens

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Table of Contents
Book the First: Sowing I. The One Thing Needful II. Murdering the Innocents III. A Loophole IV. Mr. Bounderby V. The Keynote VI. Sleary's Horsemanship VII. Mrs. Sparsit VIII. Never Wonder IX. Sissy's Progress X. Stephen Blackpool XI. No Way Out XII. The Old Woman XIII. Rachael XIV. The Great Manufacturer XV. Father and Daughter XVI. Husband and Wife Book the Second: Reaping I. Effects in the Bank II. Mr. James Harthouse III. The Whelp IV. Men and Brothers V. Men and Masters VI. Fading Away VII. Gunpowder VIII. Explosion IX. Hearing the Last of It X. Mrs. Sparsit's Staircase XI. Lower and Lower XII. Down Book the Third: Garnering I. Another Thing Needful II. Very Ridiculous III. Very Decided IV. Lost V. Found VI. The Starlight VII. Whelp-Hunting VIII. Philosophical IX. Final

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