Dickens Charles. Hard Times

Three Dominoes. Oxford.Adapted for Intermediate level.Thomas Gradgrind believes thet facts and money are more important than feelings and imagination. After Sissy Jupe - a circus child - is left alone in the world, Gradgrind takes her into his house, looking after her and teaching her facts with his own children Tom and Louisa. Some years later the Gradgrind family meets hard times. Louisa becomes a prisoner in a loveless marriage, and Tom has problems at work. In the end, Gradgrind learns the importance of feelings and imagination.