On which issue and what did Charles Dickens write in his novel ‘Hard Times’? -SST 10th

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Dickens wrote about:  (i) Europe in the industrial age.  (ii) Terrible effects of industrialization on the lives and character of people.  (iii) Terrible conditions under industrial capitalism.

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