Hard Times | Book I, Chapter 7: Summary and Analysis

Chapter 7: Mrs. Sparsit

New Characters:
Mrs. Sparsit: Bounderby’s housekeeper

Mr. Sparsit: the lady’s late husband

Lady Scadgers: her invalid great aunt

Summary
On the morning following Mr. Gradgrind and Mr. Bounderby’s eventful visit with the circus people, Mrs. Sparsit, an elderly widow who acts as Mr. Bounderby’s housekeeper, and who is regarded by him (and by herself) as having once been socially very much his superior, chats with her employer over breakfast. Bounderby tells Mrs. Sparsit about what he calls his...


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