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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Marsh, Nicholas, 1948–

Charles Dickens : Hard Times/Bleak House / Nicholas Marsh.

pages cm. — (Analysing texts)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978–1–137–37956–6 (paperback) — ISBN 978–1–137–37957–3 (paperback)

1. Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870. Hard times. 2. Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870.

Bleak House. 3. Literature and society—Great Britain—History—19th century. I. Title.

PR4561.M37 2015

823’.8—dc23

2015023920