{"product_id":"9781623958992","title":"Hard Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Dickens' satirical indictment of 19th century Utilitarianism \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “Do the wise thing and the kind thing too, and make the best of us and not the worst.” \u003ci\u003e ― Charles Dickens, Hard Times \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Hard Times by Charles Dickens is his most unusual novel. It is substantially shorter than his others and is not set in London, but in a fictious mil-town named Coketown. The novel follows the life of the young people and workers of Coketown as they seek to survive the utilitarian ideals manifest in the town.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xist Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157934391536,"sku":"9781623958992","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781623958992_p0.jpg?v=1763862437","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781623958992","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}