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Hard Times
by Charles Dickens
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Hard Times: Style 1 key example

Key Examples in Hard Times

Book 1, Chapter 6
Explanation and Analysis:

Hard Times is written largely in a third-person omniscient style. Chapters alternate between the story of Sissy Jupe and the Gradgrind family, and the story of Stephen and Rachael, two factory “hands.” Despite adhering to many elements of the realist style, Dickens often departs from it in meaningful ways to create moments of lightness, emotion, or political awareness in the narrative.