HARD TIMES
EXTENDED EDITION
BY
CHARLES DICKENS
INDEX
CHAPTER I THE ONE THING NEEDFUL
CHAPTER II MURDERING THE INNOCENTS
CHAPTER VI SLEARY’S HORSEMANSHIP
CHAPTER XIV THE GREAT MANUFACTURER
CHAPTER XV FATHER AND DAUGHTER
CHAPTER II MR. JAMES HARTHOUSE
CHAPTER IX HEARING THE LAST OF IT
CHAPTER X MRS. SPARSIT’S STAIRCASE
CHAPTER I ANOTHER THING NEEDFUL
EXTENDED CONTENT
HARD TIMES
BOOK THE FIRST SOWING
CHAPTER I THE ONE THING NEEDFUL
‘NOW, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my