Hard to Read ‘Hard Time’
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| Having a solid binding of the book included introduction and notes. |
The book ‘Hard Times’ Charles
Dicken was written was so long to read from my childhood, so long to have remembered
how my grandfather enjoyed it passionately, so long to wait this book to get a
hold in my hands. My friend who stayed in Austria asked me which book she would
like to bring for me. I immediately gave my list and I was waiting for her
visit to me.
Yes, I had already said
that I saw my grandfather, who was a father of my mother, reading ‘Hard Times’
so much in his spare time. Even the book he read was too old in his hand, he
kept it very treasurely. When I was able to read novels, I remembered my
grandfather’s favorite book. I tried to search from his old shelves as hard as
possible, but could not find it there and hard to find it so also at the book
shops in my country.
I received ‘Hard Times’
from my friend K. I was so happy at the moment; it was so long I had been
waiting for. After all I was going to read now. I know Charles Dickens from his
many best seller books; ‘David Copperfield’, ‘ Barnarby Rutch’, etc. But I know
that his English was too difficult. Without the help of my grandparents, I
could not read it. I did not know a bit about the story of ‘Hard Times’ was. I
felt exciting. I even did not know what kind of the story was.
The Day of My Reading
‘Hard Times’ Came
Having a solid binding
of the book included introduction and notes. It was helpful for the readers. I
believed these notes might represent as my grandparent’s guide. By this book of
‘Hard Times’, I noticed that his writing style was too classic and logistic,
and also not plain and simple. As for the Charles Dickens’s English writing
style, it was already complicated and confused. Now it was added with full of
twists and turns. So I was sure that it was hard to finish in a week. I
carefully read it with much excitement. I knew; I could not complete it in a
week, not even in a month.
When I finished ‘Hard
Times’, I realized that I spent almost 4 months to finish it. During those
months, I postponed for a while in my shelf for a rest and I read another book
to refresh my mind, then I returned the book ‘Hard Times’. I could not read it
continuously as my grandfather’s reading.
Epilogue
Whenever I remembered
my grandparents, I recalled what books they loved or which stories I was told. I
searched and read their favorite books to enrich my memories of them. I did not
care it was hard to read. When I was reading their favorite books, I was happy
at the moment. Every time I looked at my shelves and saw my grandparents’ favorite books,
it reminded me our happy memories.
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