Characters
Plot Summary
Book 1, Chapter 1: Sowing (The One Thing Needful)
Book 1, Chapter 2: Sowing (Murdering the Innocents)
Book 1, Chapter 3: Sowing (A Loophole)
Book 1, Chapter 4: Sowing (Mr. Bounderby)
Book 1, Chapter 5: Sowing (The Keynote)
Book 1, Chapter 6: Sowing (Sleary's Horsemanship)
Book 1, Chapter 7: Sowing (Mrs. Sparsit)
Book 1, Chapter 8: Sowing (Never Wonder)
Book 1, Chapter 9: Sowing (Sissy's Progress)
Book 1, Chapter 10: Sowing (Stephen Blackpool)
Book 1, Chapter 11: Sowing (No Way Out)
Book 1, Chapter 12: Sowing (The Old Woman)
Book 1, Chapter 13: Sowing (Rachael)
Book 1, Chapter 14: Sowing (The Great Manufacturer)
Book 1, Chapter 15: Sowing (Father and Daughter)
Book 1, Chapter 16: Sowing (Husband and Wife)
Book 2, Chapter 1: Reaping (Effects in the Bank)
Book 2, Chapter 2: Reaping (Mr. James Harthouse)
Book 2, Chapter 3: Reaping (The Whelp)
Book 2, Chapter 4: Reaping (Men and Brothers)
Book 2, Chapter 5: Reaping (Men and Masters)
Book 2, Chapter 6: Reaping (Fading Away)
Book 2, Chapter 7: Reaping (Gunpowder)
Book 2, Chapter 8: Reaping (Explosion)
Book 2, Chapter 9: Reaping (Hearing the Last of It)
Book 2, Chapter 10: Reaping (Mrs. Sparsit's Staircase)
Book 2, Chapter 11: Reaping (Lower and Lower)
Book 2, Chapter 12: Reaping (Down)
Book 3, Chapter 1: Garnering (Another Thing Needful)
Book 3, Chapter 2: Garnering (Very Ridiculous)
Book 3, Chapter 3: Garnering (Very Decided)
Book 3, Chapter 4: Garnering (Lost)
Book 3, Chapter 5: Garnering (Found)
Book 3, Chapter 6: Garnering (The Starlight)
Book 3, Chapter 7: Garnering (Whelp-hunting)
Book 3, Chapter 8: Garnering (Philosophical)
Book 3, Chapter 9: Garnering (Final)
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Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe explains the main characters in Charles Dickens's novel Hard Times.