《艰难时世》描写了工业市镇焦煤镇的生活。小说通过对葛雷梗和庞得贝这样的大人物及其命运的描写，谴责了资本家的剥削行径、批判了功利主义的实用原则、鞭挞了一味追求物质利益的生活方式和非人道主义教育的精神压迫。
《艰难时世(世界文学名著英语原著版)》(作者狄更斯)是“中译经典文库”系列之一，本版本是英语原著版。
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目录
BOOK THE FIRST SOWING
Chapter 1 The OneThing Needful
Chapter 2 Murdering the Innocents
Chapter 3 A Loophole
Chapter 4 Mr. Bounderby
Chapter 5 The Key-note
Chapter 6 Sleary's Horsemanship
Chapter 7 Mrs. Sparsit
Chapter 8 Never Wonder
Chapter 9 Sissy's Progress
Chapter 10 Stephen Blackpool
Chapter 11 No Way Out
Chapter 12 The Old Woman
Chapter 13 Rachael
Chapter 14 The Great Manufacturer
Chapter 15 Father and Daughter
Chapter 16 Husband and Wife
BOOK THE SECOND REAPING
Chapter 1 Effects in the Bank
Chapter 2 Mr. James Harthouse
Chapter 3 The Whelp
Chapter 4 Men and Brothers
Chapter 5 Men and Masters
Chapter 6 Fading Away
Chapter 7 Gunpowder
Chapter 8 Explosion
Chapter 9 Hearingthe Last of It
Chapter 10 Mrs. Sparsit's Staircase
Chapter 11 Lower and Lower
Chapter 12 Down
BOOK THE THIRD GARNERING
Chapter 1 Another Thing Needful
Chapter 2 Very Ridiculous
Chapter 3 Very Decided
chapter 4 Lost
Chapter 5 Found
Chapter 6 The Starlight
Chapter 7 Whelp-hunting
Chapter 8 Philosophical
Chapter 9 Final