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Product Description Originally Written For Dickens' Weekly Magazine, Household Words, This Short Novel Follows The Fate Of Sissy Jupe, A Warmhearted Circus Child, And The Family That Adopts Her. Deserted By Her Ailing Father, Sissy Is Taken Into The Cold Household Of The Gradgrind Family, Which Operates A School. The 'Eminently Practical' Thomas Gradgrind Believes Only In Facts And Figures And Has Raised His Children Accordingly, Thoroughly Suppressing The Imaginative Sides Of Their Nature. They Grow Up In Ignorance Of Love And Affection, Of Beauty And Culture, Or Of Empathy For Others, And The Consequences Are Devastating. Only After Numerous Crises Does Thomas Realize That His Principles Have Corrupted Their Lives. Dickens' Satirical Expose Of The Industrial Revolution Condemns The Utilitarianism That Exploited The Bodies, Minds, And Souls Of The Vulnerable Labor Class. About The Author Charles Dickens (18121870) Was Born In Landport, Portsmouth, England, The Second Of Eight Children In A Family Continually Plagued By Debt. A Legacy Brought Release From The Nightmare Of Debtors' Prison And Child Labor And Afforded Him A Few Years Of Formal Schooling. He Worked As An Attorney'S Clerk And Newspaper Reporter Until His Early Writings Brought Him The Amazing Success That Was To Be His For The Remainder Of His Life. He Was The Most Popular English Novelist Of The Victorian Era, And He Remains Popular, Responsible For Some Of English Literature'S Most Iconic Characters.Frederick Davidson (19322005), Also Known As David Case, Was One Of The Most Prolific Readers In The Audiobook Industry, Recording More Than Eight Hundred Audiobooks In His Lifetime, Including Over Two Hundred For Blackstone Audio. Born In London, He Trained At The Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art And Performed For Many Years In Radio Plays For The British Broadcasting Company Before Coming To America In 1976. He Received Audiofile'S Golden Voice Award And Numerous Earphones Awards And Was Nominated For A Grammy For His Readings.
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