Hard Times | Book I, Chapter 9: Summary and Analysis

Chapter 9: Sissy’s Progress

Summary
Several months have passed since Sissy Jupe has moved into Stone Lodge. She has not done well at school; caring for Mrs. Gradgrind is hard, and she’s had “strong impulses” to run away. But the thought of her father stops her—she still has faith that he will return to her some day, and that he would prefer her to remain where she was. After all, it had been his idea to enroll her in Gradgrind’s school in the first place.

Mr. M’Choakumchild cannot give Gradgrind a favorable account of her performance. She...


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