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Welcome to a new year in Stanford’s
ongoing rediscovery of the 19th century. In 2006, we will rerelease a
collection of Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of Sherlock Holmes, just
as they were originally printed and illustrated in The Strand Magazine.
We hope you’ll join us at as we continue to discover the riches of
Stanford Library’s Special Collections! This year’s project
is the fourth in a series of reissued works, which began with three Dickens
novels, Great Expectations in 2003, A Tale of Two Cities
in 2004, and Hard Times in 2005. The Dickens novels are archived on this site. Please sign up at sherlockholmes.stanford.edu for Arthur Conan Doyle's early Holmes stories.
Hard Times
Between January and April of 2005, Stanford released in
ten serial issues the facsimile of Dickens' 1854 novel, Hard
Times. Although paper facsimiles of the
original release of Hard Times are no longer available, you may still download
the facsimile as a pdf from the website.
As always with a new Dickens novel, the public eagerly awaited what
Dickens joked were weekly "teaspoons" of the novel. Over
the 20 weeks of its original publication, fascinated readers throughout
the English-speaking world read Hard Times as it was released,
performed it in family groups or read it on their own, and waited
with legendary impatience for the next week's part.
With this project, we invite you to re-enter the world of serial
publication and of family reading circles. Stanford is once again
proud to share with you one of the fine holdings of its Special
Collections, as well as to invite you to share in Dickens' lively
meditation on education and the early years of the industrial north.
"Facts, sir, nothing but Facts!" thunders Mr. Gradgrind, as
in the first paragraph of the novel he sweeps aside all childish
fancy and imaginative thought. Dickens' profound concern for the
rearing of children in a newly "scientific" age rings
as true today as it did when it was written 150 years ago.
And many thanks to our generous supporters:
Stanford's
Office of the President
Stanford
Continuing Studies
Stanford
Alumni Association
Stanford
University Libraries
University
Communications
Stanford
Community Day
Palo Alto
Weekly
And many of our readers who have generously given to this project.
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