What are some of the social changes in nineteenth-century Britain which Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens wrote about?

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(i) Charles Dickens wrote mainly about the emergence of industrial age and it's effects on society and the common people. (ii) Growth of factories and expanded cities led to the growth of business and economy and increased the profits of the capitalists. (iii) But at the same time workers faced immense...
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(i) Charles Dickens wrote mainly about the emergence of industrial age and it's effects on society and the common people. (ii) Growth of factories and expanded cities led to the growth of business and economy and increased the profits of the capitalists. (iii) But at the same time workers faced immense problems. Use of machines resulted in unemployment of ordinary labour, they became home-less creating the problem of housing. (iv) Pursuit of profit became the goal of factory owners while the workers were undervalued and almost lost their identity. Human beings were reduced to mere instruments of production. Charles Dickens tried to focuss on these changes in his novel "Hard Times" as well as in 'Oliver Twist. (v) Thomas Hardy on the other hand focuses attention on the problems and changes in rural community. Traditional rural communities were vanishing fast in 19th century. (vi) Large farmers bought machines and employed labourers to produce for the market. The old rural culture with independent farmers was dying out. Hardy depicts these changes in his novel, "The Mayor of Casterbridge". Hardy mourns the loss of the more personalised world disappearing though he was aware of the advantages of the new order. read less
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(i) Charles Dickens wrote mainly about the emergence of industrial age and it's effects on society and the common people. (ii) Growth of factories and expanded cities led to the growth of business and economy and increased the profits of the capitalists. (iii) But at the same time workers faced immense...
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(i) Charles Dickens wrote mainly about the emergence of industrial age and it's effects on society and the common people. (ii) Growth of factories and expanded cities led to the growth of business and economy and increased the profits of the capitalists. (iii) But at the same time workers faced immense problems. Use of machines resulted in unemployment of ordinary labour, they became home-less creating the problem of housing. (iv) Pursuit of profit became the goal of factory owners while the workers were undervalued and almost lost their identity. Human beings were reduced to mere instruments of production. Charles Dickens tried to focuss on these changes in his novel รข??Hard Times' as well as in 'Oliver Twist. (v) Thomas Hardy on the other hand focusses attention on the problems and changes in rural community. Traditional rural communities were vanishing fast in 19th century. (vi) Large farmers bought machines and employed labourers to produce for the market. The old rural culture with independent farmers was dying out. Hardy depicts these changes in his novel, "The Mayor of Casterbridge". Hardy mourns the loss of the more personalised world disappearing though he was aware of the advantages of the new order. read less
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Thomas Hardy wrote on loss of jobs of small scale farmers due to big farmers employing machines, replacing men and making huge profits. Charles Dickens wrote about growth of factories in cities due to industrialization and displaced people from the villages moving to cities where there was opportunities...
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Thomas Hardy wrote on loss of jobs of small scale farmers due to big farmers employing machines, replacing men and making huge profits. Charles Dickens wrote about growth of factories in cities due to industrialization and displaced people from the villages moving to cities where there was opportunities for employment, creating a social vacuum in the villages. read less
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