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01/04/1854 Charles Dickens' novel 'Hard Times' begins serialisation in his magazine

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What the Dickens? Hard Times

Hard Times was originally published in the weekly magazine, Household Words. The original format for Household Words did not include serialized fiction. The circulation of Household Words more than doubled. Hard Times takes a hard, unsympathetic look at Utilitarianism.