«Hard Times» in English with a Parallel Translation

"Hard Times" is a novel by Charles Dickens, published in 1854. The author describes the English society of his time. The action takes place in the bleak city of Cocktown. All the inhabitants of Cocktown are outwardly similar, among them it is not customary to love and dream. Only the daughter of the circus performer Sissy Joop is trying to resist the gray worldview.