#josiahbounderby

«“... what the Head had left undone and could not do, the Heart may have been doing silently. Can it be so?”» (Book the Third: Garnering, Chapter I: Another Thing Needful) ~ «“I don’t miss anything in you. You are the only pleasure I have—you can brighten even this place—and you can always lead me as you like.”» (Book I: Sowing, Ch. VIII: Never Wonder) ~ #Finished: #HardTimes by #CharlesDickens • Rating: 9/10 • Favourite characters: #SissyJupe, #JosiahBounderby, Mrs. Sparsit, Rachael, Louisa Gradgrind • Favourite chapters: Book II Ch. XI: Lower and Lower; Book II Ch. VIII: Explosion; Book III Ch. VI: The Starlight • My review in a nutshell: This bitterly satirical representation of a somewhat-dystopian industrial town, #Coketown, strictly ruled by an Utilitarian mentality, is a great criticism of industrialism and capitalism, showing that facts, self-interest, hard work and harsh realities cannot always work and are not enough for humans, who also need true love, sentiments, imagination, some romanticism and fun in their lives, too, and that those educated under such a harsh system can end up in very bad situations, like becoming criminals or unable to love; as well as exposing that the successful snobbish capitalists, like Josiah #Bounderby, who constantly brags about his humble beginnings and hard work, are unfeeling, self-seeking yet ridiculous liars. ~ «“... there is a wisdom of the Head, and that there is a wisdom of the Heart. I have not supposed so; but, as I have said, I mistrust myself now. I have supposed the head to be all-sufficient. It may not be all-sufficient...”» (Book III: Garnering, Ch. I: Another Thing Needful) ~ «“every man is selfish in everything he does, and I am exactly like the rest of my fellow-creatures...”» (Book II: Reaping, Ch. VI: Fading Away) ~ «“In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!”» (Book I: Sowing, Ch. I: The One Thing Needful) ~ #Dickens #ThomasGradgrind #TomGradgrind #Gradgrind #LouisaGradgrind #CeciliaJupe #MrsSparsit #StephenBlackpool #JamesHarthouse #englishnovel #victoriannovel #book #books #bookstagram #bibliophile #literature #novel #read #reading #instabook #justfinished #bookworm #classics https://www.instagram.com/p/B_7qwIkAkxz99d_pl3c74qvm8t3bbpWWDRW07g0/?igshid=16vsk5uz2c0wa

«“... what the Head had left undone and could not do, the Heart may have been doing silently. Can it be so?”» (Book the Third: Garnering, Chapter I: Another Thing Needful) ~ «“I don’t miss anything in you. You are the only pleasure I have—you can brighten even this place—and you can always lead me as you like.”» (Book the First: Sowing, Ch. VIII: Never Wonder) ~ #Finished: #HardTimes by #CharlesDickens • Rating: 9/10 • Favourite characters: #SissyJupe, #JosiahBounderby, Mrs. Sparsit, Rachael, Louisa Gradgrind • Favourite chapters: Book II Chapter XI: Lower and Lower; Book II Ch. VIII: Explosion; Book III Ch. VI: The Starlight • My review in a nutshell: This bitterly satirical representation of a somewhat-dystopian industrial town, #Coketown, strictly ruled by an Utilitarian mentality, is a great criticism of industrialism and capitalism, showing that facts, self-interest, hard work and harsh realities cannot always work and are not enough for humans, who also need true love, imagination, some romanticism and fun in their lives, too, and that those educated under such a harsh system can end up in very bad situations, like becoming criminals or unable to love; as well as exposing that the successful snobbish capitalists, like Josiah #Bounderby, who constantly brags about his humble beginnings and hard work, are unfeeling, self-seeking yet ridiculous liars. ~ «“... there is a wisdom of the Head, and that there is a wisdom of the Heart. I have not supposed so; but, as I have said, I mistrust myself now. I have supposed the head to be all-sufficient. It may not be all-sufficient...”» (Book III: Garnering, Ch. I: Another Thing Needful) ~ «“every man is selfish in everything he does, and I am exactly like the rest of my fellow-creatures...”» (Book II: Reaping, Ch. VI: Fading Away) ~ «“In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!”» (Book I: Sowing, Ch. I: The One Thing Needful) ~ #Dickens #ThomasGradgrind #TomGradgrind #Gradgrind #LouisaGradgrind #CeciliaJupe #MrsSparsit #StephenBlackpool #JamesHarthouse #englishnovel #victoriannovel #book #books #bookstagram #bibliophile #literature #novel #read #reading #instabook #justfinished #bookworm #classics https://www.instagram.com/p/B_7qwIkAkxz/?igshid=1lalr9azqc0tk