Hard Times, Book 2: Reaping, Chapter 1: riassunto
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In Chapter 1, Mrs. Sparsit and Bitzer discuss workers and criticize Mr. Thomas before an unnamed gentleman arrives seeking Mr. Bounderby’s address. Carrying an introduction from Gradgrind, the visitor asks about Bounderby’s wife and discovers that she is young, while Mrs. Sparsit ends the evening absorbed in unexplained thoughts.
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- Coketown swelters under smoke and industrial heat, while the narrator challenges its owners’ complaints about regulation.
- At the Bank, Mrs. Sparsit and Bitzer condemn workers’ unions and praise thrift, self-interest, and informing.
- Bitzer accuses Mr. Thomas of idleness and waste, while Mrs. Sparsit insists that he avoid names.
- An unnamed gentleman arrives with Gradgrind’s introduction and asks Mrs. Sparsit for Bounderby’s address.
- The visitor questions her about Bounderby’s wife and expresses surprise that she married before twenty.
- After he leaves, Mrs. Sparsit sits thinking until supper, then privately calls someone a fool without identifying them.
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Bitzer presents his own savings as a standard everyone can meet. The narrator challenges this reasoning by showing employers making similarly sweeping claims about wealth.
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What surprises the stranger about Bounderby’s wife?
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