--- product_id: 215964878 title: "Hard Times (Bantam Classics) Mass Market Paperback – March 1, 1981" brand: "charles dickensrobert donald spector" price: "55.69 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/215964878-hard-times-bantam-classics-mass-market-paperback-march-1-1981 store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Hard Times (Bantam Classics) Mass Market Paperback – March 1, 1981 **Brand:** charles dickensrobert donald spector **Price:** 55.69 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Hard Times (Bantam Classics) Mass Market Paperback – March 1, 1981 by charles dickensrobert donald spector - **How much does it cost?** 55.69 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/215964878-hard-times-bantam-classics-mass-market-paperback-march-1-1981) ## Best For - charles dickensrobert donald spector enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted charles dickensrobert donald spector brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Hard Times (Bantam Classics) Mass Market Paperback – March 1, 1981 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61UidSRMM-L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very involved book yes! *by S***E on March 22, 2025* Looks great cant wait to read ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Enjoyable, Intriguing, and Complex *by S***V on November 19, 2024* I had to read this for my literature class but I turned out to enjoy it more than I thought I would! Great book for the college intro level. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ How it cannot be real but a fiction? Amazing! (AmazonClassics edition) *by R***. on October 3, 2019* Iron machines, dull, polluting and monotonous; under their tyranny the will, desires, and ambitions of humanity has been replaced by manufactured objects, statistics and industrial shapes and colors. But nature pushes through this cold society, and that conflict fuels this story.Being not a fan of realism (much realism in my life already xP) I read Dickens just because I love the 19th century literature from the UK. He hooked me up just since the first paragraph. His description of the characters is life-like. It was so realist that I got a shock when I knew afterwards that the city is not a real place. It is not only that everything is "showed," is also that you can "listen" sounds, "step" into grounds of different textures, feel the hair of Louisa over the bare chest of his brother. For moments Dickens is quite poetic, as in that moment in which Louisa listens a bell in middle of the quite night, it is described in such a way that it would be a disservice to tell you how. In other part a character, jealousy and desperate, is prying and Dickens masterly blends her feelings with the rain (!) It is awe-inspiring the richness of details of that century. The characters have such intensity not only despite being dehumanized by the machines, but because precisely that: they are about to have a neurosis for crushing their nature. There is not much humor but there are characters that end being humorous, there are twists, revelations, it was quite entertaining to read and sure I'd love to read more Dickens' stories.There is social critic in this book, but Dickens never forgets that he is doing literature; something that Mark Twain tend to forget. Almost nobody is black and white but they tend to be complex. The more power the persons have the more tempted they are to neglect they are treating with human beings, being either the businessmen, the educators, the aristocracy and, even, the union of workers. If there is a religion it seems to be the iron machine. The only exception in character development seems to be a worker, Blackpool, whose participation in the novel tended to be a bit in the pathetic side, in an exaggerated way. I still don't like realism but sure I'd like to read more about Dickens.About the AmazonClassics edition I think it is a very recommendable edition. I didn't detect mistakes, the typography and formatting are visually clean and modern, and the X-Ray as always is useful. ## Frequently Bought Together - Hard Times (Bantam Classics) - Bleak House (Signet Classics) - David Copperfield (Signet Classics) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/215964878-hard-times-bantam-classics-mass-market-paperback-march-1-1981](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/215964878-hard-times-bantam-classics-mass-market-paperback-march-1-1981) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-05-30*