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Published in weekly parts Apr 1854 - Aug 1854
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Hard Times - Published in weekly parts Apr 1854 - Aug 1854
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Dismissed initially as "sullen socialism", the novel gained new life with F.R. Leavis' positive critical treatment in The Great Tradition (1948). Leavis considered Hard Times Dickens' "masterpiece" and "his only serious work of art". Since then it has been one of Dickens' best-sellers, widely taught in schools
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