Discussion Questions:

1138:

• Explain:  "The clock rather than the natural rhythms of the seasons now dictated working-class existence" (1138).

Thomas Macauley (1800-1859)
"A Review of Southey's Colloquies" (1830)

1142:

• Explain Macauley's essential argument.
• What is the difference between the "wealth of nations" and the wealth of individuals?

• How does Macauley's view of the people and the state appear to differ from Southey's?

"Blue Books" (1833, 1842)

1145:

• What is the significance  of Ann and Elizabeth Eggley's testimony that they never learned about Jesus and never go to church?

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
(see also 1462-64)

Dombey and Son (1846)
1146:

• Describe the speaker's tone in this excerpt.

• Describe the excerpt's final sentence.

Hard Times (1854)

1147:

• Explain the reference to "the painted face of a savage" (1147).

• Explain the attitude of Gradgrind and Bounderby toward the people of Coketown (Manchester).

Conditions of the Working Class in England in 1844 (1845)
1151:

• Explain:  "The inhabitants of modern London have had to sacrifice so much that is best in human nature in order to create those wonders of civilisation with which their city teems" (1151).
• Explain:  "The more that Londoners are packed into a tiny space, the more repulsive and disgruntled becomes the brutal indifference with which they ignore their neighbours and selfishly concentrate upon their private affairs" (1151).
• What, according to Engels, is the "fundamental principle of modern society" (1151)?

• In what ways, according to Engels, is Manchester "the classic home of English industry" (1154)?
• What three factors, according to Engels, are the "essence of modern industry" (1154)?

• In what ways, according to Engels, is the town-planning of Manchester "hypocritical" (1155)?

• What is a "Poor Law Bastille" (1157)?