Published 1854 | Scene: | Coketown (an English factory town) and the Country. | | Time: | About 1850 | CHARACTERS | Mr. Gradgrind | A believer in "facts" | | Mrs. Gradgrind | His wife | | Louisa | Their daughter | | Tom | Their son | | Josiah Bounderby | A pompous mill owner and banker | | Later, Louisa's husband | | "Mrs. Pegler" | His mother | | Mrs. Sparsit | His housekeeper | | Mr. M'Choakumchild | A schoolmaster | | Sleary | The proprietor of a circus | | "Signor" Jupe | The clown | | Cecelia Jupe | His daughter. Known as "Sissy" | Stephen Blackpool
Rachel | | Mill workers | | James Harthouse | A man of the world | | "Merrylegs" | Signor Jupe's performing dog |
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