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Originally Posted by Genteel Death

Re-read this recently. It should be the norm to go through its pages.

It's one of the few novels by him that I've been able to finish. I always like what's going on in them but they're usually so long winded. Hard Times felt far easier to get through. And Gradgrind really is probably my favourite, most laugh out loud Dickens' character. "A man of realities." Brilliant!