Hard Times
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Hard Times is a social and industrial novel by Charles Dickens that critiques utilitarianism and the dehumanizing effects of Victorian-era factory life in the fictional Coketown.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hard Times canonical | 7 |
| Hard Times (1977 TV series) | 1 |
| Hard Times (1994 TV film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2604997 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hard Times Context triple: [Charles Dickens, notableWork, Hard Times]
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A.
Hard Times Come Again No More
"Hard Times Come Again No More" is a 19th-century American parlor song by Stephen Foster that has become a widely recorded folk standard lamenting hardship and pleading for better times.
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B.
Oliver Twist
"Oliver Twist" is a 2012 Afrobeats hit single by Nigerian artist D'banj that gained international popularity for its catchy rhythm and playful lyrics.
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C.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is a classic 1861 novel by Charles Dickens that follows the coming-of-age journey of an orphan named Pip as he navigates social class, ambition, and personal growth in Victorian England.
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D.
Great Expectations
"Great Expectations" is a popular rock song by American band The Gaslight Anthem, known for its Springsteen-influenced sound and nostalgic, storytelling lyrics.
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E.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is a program section of the Telluride Film Festival that highlights notable and anticipated films.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hard Times Target entity description: Hard Times is a social and industrial novel by Charles Dickens that critiques utilitarianism and the dehumanizing effects of Victorian-era factory life in the fictional Coketown.
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A.
Hard Times Come Again No More
"Hard Times Come Again No More" is a 19th-century American parlor song by Stephen Foster that has become a widely recorded folk standard lamenting hardship and pleading for better times.
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B.
Oliver Twist
"Oliver Twist" is a 2012 Afrobeats hit single by Nigerian artist D'banj that gained international popularity for its catchy rhythm and playful lyrics.
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C.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is a classic 1861 novel by Charles Dickens that follows the coming-of-age journey of an orphan named Pip as he navigates social class, ambition, and personal growth in Victorian England.
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D.
Great Expectations
"Great Expectations" is a popular rock song by American band The Gaslight Anthem, known for its Springsteen-influenced sound and nostalgic, storytelling lyrics.
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E.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is a program section of the Telluride Film Festival that highlights notable and anticipated films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
industrial novel
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novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| author | Charles Dickens ⓘ |
| bookTitle |
Garnering
ⓘ
Reaping ⓘ Sowing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques |
Victorian factory system
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dehumanizing effects of industrialization ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1854 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Household Words ⓘ |
| followedBy | Little Dorrit ⓘ |
| form | serialized novel ⓘ |
| genre |
Victorian literature
ⓘ
industrial novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Hard Times (1915 film)
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Hard Times self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hard Times (1977 TV series)
Hard Times self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hard Times (1994 TV film)
|
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
James Harthouse
ⓘ
Josiah Bounderby ⓘ Louisa Gradgrind ⓘ Sissy Jupe ⓘ Stephen Blackpool ⓘ Thomas Gradgrind ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 321 ⓘ |
| partOf | Charles Dickens bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| precededBy | Bleak House ⓘ |
| publisher |
Bradbury and Evans
ⓘ
surface form:
Bradbury & Evans
|
| serializationEndDate | 1854-08-12 ⓘ |
| serializationStartDate | 1854-04-01 ⓘ |
| setIn | Coketown ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| settingType | fictional industrial town ⓘ |
| structure | three books ⓘ |
| targetOfStudy |
literary criticism of industrialization
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studies of Victorian social reform ⓘ |
| theme |
class conflict
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education based on facts versus imagination ⓘ family and emotional repression ⓘ industrial capitalism ⓘ moral consequences of utilitarian philosophy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hard Times Description of subject: Hard Times is a social and industrial novel by Charles Dickens that critiques utilitarianism and the dehumanizing effects of Victorian-era factory life in the fictional Coketown.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hard Times (1977 TV series)
this entity surface form:
Hard Times (1994 TV film)