Hard Times: For These Times

novel by Charles Dickens
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1340493
Hard Times: For These Times
Bradbury & Evans · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Hard Times: For These Times is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: For These Times — author (P50): Charles Dickens[3]
  • Publisher: For These Times — publisher (P123): Bradbury and Evans[4]
  • Genre: For These Times — genre (P136): serialized fiction[5], For These Times — genre (P136): social fiction[6]
  • Follows: For These Times — follows (P155): A Child's History of England[7]
  • Followed by: For These Times — followed by (P156): Little Dorrit[8]
  • Part of the series: For These Times — part of the series (P179): Household Words[9]
  • Commons category: Hard Times[10]
  • Language of work or name: For These Times — language of work or name (P407): English[11]
  • Country of origin: For These Times — country of origin (P495): England[12]
  • Publication date: 1854[13]
  • Has edition or translation: For These Times — has edition or translation (P747): Hard Times[14], For These Times — has edition or translation (P747): Hard Times: For These Times : ELTeC edition[15], For These Times — has edition or translation (P747): Hard Times: For These Times (first edition)[16], For These Times — has edition or translation (P747): Hard Times, by Charles Dickens (digital edition)[17], For These Times — has edition or translation (P747): Hard Times. And Reprinted Pieces (print edition)[18], For These Times — has edition or translation (P747): Q126503623[19], For These Times — has edition or translation (P747): Q137531324[20], For These Times — has edition or translation (P747): Q138515587[21], For These Times — has edition or translation (P747): Q138515771[22]
  • Title: Hard Times – For These Times[23], Hard Times: For These Times[24]
  • Derivative work: For These Times — derivative work (P4969): Hard Times[25]
  • Copyright status: For These Times — copyright status (P6216): public domain[26]
  • Form of creative work: For These Times — form of creative work (P7937): novel[27]

Why It Matters

Hard Times: For These Times has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Publisher → Bradbury and Evans
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    Has edition or translation → Hard Times, Hard Times: For These Times : ELTeC edition, Hard Times: For These Times (first edition) +6
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